Gogol (film series)

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Gogol
GenreBiographical
Directed by Egor Baranov
ComposerRyanOtter
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Producer
Cinematography Sergei Trofimov
Production company Sreda
Release
Original network
Original release25 March (2019-03-25) 
4 April 2019 (2019-04-04)

Gogol is a fantasy-horror films TV-series directed by Egor Baranov and produced by the Sreda production company. It is loosely based on works by Nikolai Gogol from the collection Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka . The title role is played by Alexander Petrov. Six episodes of the series had theatrical premieres as compilation films.

The serial was shown on the TV channel TV-3 [3] with two new episodes that didn't have a theatrical release.

Films

  • Chapter One. Murders in Dikanka
  • Chapter Two. The Red Scroll
  • Chapter Three. Enchanted place
    • Dead Souls (2019)
    • The well of blood (2019)
  • Chapter Four. Viy
  • Chapter five. Rider's Lair
  • Chapter six. Terrible Vengeance

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References

  1. "Телеканал ТВ-3 покажет телесериал "Гоголь" сначала в кинотеатрах, а лишь потом на телеэкране". Vedomosti.
  2. "Продолжения "Гоголя" в кино выйдут только в 2018 году". kinometro.
  3. "Сериал о Гоголе собрал за первые выходные в четыре раза больше своего бюджета". Vedomosti.