The Case of "Dead Souls"


The Case of "Dead Souls" is a 2005 Russian television miniseries directed by Pavel Lungin loosely based on various stories by Nikolai Gogol, including Dead Souls.

Plot

The collegiate registrar Ivan Shiller is sent to the provincial city of N to investigate the disappearance of fraudster Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov from prison. He is obstructed by city officials who are led by Governor A.A. Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky. After going through the investigation through a series of meetings of strange encounters, Schiller himself turns into Chichikov in the finale...

Cast