''Dead Souls'' (russian: Мёртвые души, Myortvye dushi) is a 1960 Soviet
comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
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drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Leonid Trauberg
Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg (russian: Леонид Захарович Трауберг, 17 January 1902 – 14 November 1990) was a Ukrainian Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1924 and 1961 and was awarded the S ...
based on the
Moscow Art Theatre's stage production of "
Dead Souls".
[Soviet Film - Issue 2 - Page 105 1962 THE OVERCOAT (1959) DEAD SOULS (1960) gifted actor's every word and gesture sparkles with Gogol's humour. ... Director Leonid Trauberg's film of "Dead Souls" (1960) is based on the Moscow Art Theatre's stage production and stresses ...]
Cast
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Vladimir Belokurov
Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Belokurov (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Вячесла́вович Белоку́ров; July 8, 1904 – January 28, 1973) was a Soviet and Russian actor and pedagogue. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (19 ...
- Chichikov
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Viktor Stanitsyn - Governor
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Boris Livanov - Nozdryov
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Alexey Gribov - Sobakevich
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Anastasia Zuyeva - Korobochka
*Boris Petker - Plyushkin
*Yuri Leonidov - Manilov
*Sophia Garrel - governor
*Alexey Zhiltsov - Alexei Ivanovich, Chief of Police
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Mikhail Yanshin
Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Я́ншин) (20 October 1902 – 17 July 1976) was a Soviet stage and film actor.
Biography
Yanshin was born in the city of Yukhnov, located in the present-day Kalug ...
- Ivan Andreevich, postmaster
*Sergei Kalinin - Selifan, Chichikov's coachman
*Olga Wicklund - Anna, a lady agreeable in all respects
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Lyudmila Makarova
Lyudmila Iosifovna Makarova (russian: Людмила Иосифовна Макарова; 20 October 1921 – 30 May 2014) was a Russian stage actress from Saint Petersburg. From 1938 to 1941, she studied at the Greater Drama Theatre, becomi ...
- Sophia Ivanovna, simply a nice lady
*Victoria Radunskaya - the governor's daughter
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Nina Agapova
Nina Fyodorovna Agapova (russian: Ни́на Фёдоровна Ага́пова; 30 May 1926 – 19 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actress.Ruskino.ru.Nina Agapova
Life and career
Agapova was born in Moscow in May 1926. She graduated f ...
- lady at the ball (uncredited)
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Yuri Nikulin
Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He is best known for his roles in Leonid ...
- Waiter (uncredited)
References
External links
1960 comedy-drama films
1960 films
Soviet comedy-drama films
1960s Soviet films
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