''The Overcoat'' (russian: Шинель) is a 1959 Soviet
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
Aleksey Batalov, based on
Nikolai Gogol's story ''
The Overcoat
"The Overcoat" (russian: Шине́ль, translit. Shinyél’; sometimes translated as "The Cloak") is a short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story has had a great influence on Russian literature. Eugène-Me ...
''.
Cast
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Rolan Bykov
Rolan Antonovich Bykov (russian: Ролан Антонович Быков; October 12, 1929 – October 6, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1990).
Early life
R ...
- ''Akaki Akakiyevich''
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Yuri Tolubeyev - ''Petrovich''
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Aleksandra Yozhkina - ''Petrovich's Wife''
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Elena Ponsova - ''Landlady''
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Georgi Tejkh Georgi may refer to:
* Georgi (given name)
* Georgi (surname)
See also
* Georgy (disambiguation)
*Georgii (disambiguation) Georgii may refer to:
;Given name
* Georgii Zantaraia (born 1987), Ukrainian judoka of Georgian origin
* Georgii Karpechenko ...
- ''Important Person''
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Nina Urgant - ''lady of easy virtue ''
* Aleksandr Sokolov - ''undertaker ''
* Rem Lebedev - ''assistant chief clerk, birthday''
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Aleksey Batalov
* Georgii Kolosov - ''private bailiff''
* Nikolai Kuzmin - ''robber''
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Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
Glikeriya Vasilyevna Bogdanova-Chesnokova (russian: Глике́рия Васи́льевна Богда́нова-Чесноко́ва) (born 13 (26) May 1904 Saint Petersburg 17 April 1983 Leningrad) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film act ...
- ''wife of the birthday man''
* Mikhail Ladygin - ''usurer''
* Pyotr Lobanov - ''quarterly warden''
* Vladimir Maksimov - ''director''
* Gennadi Voropayev - ''officer''
* Gennady Nilov
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Kira Kreylis-Petrova
Kira Alexandrovna Kreylis-Petrova (russian: Кира Александровна Крейлис-Петрова; 1 July 1931 – 12 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian stage, television, and film actress. She was an Honored Artist of Russia (1993).
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- ''servant''
References
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1959 films
Soviet drama films
Russian drama films
Lenfilm films
Soviet black-and-white films
Films based on The Overcoat
1959 drama films
Russian black-and-white films
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