Dead Souls (1969)

In "Dead Souls" Gogol posed the most pressing and painful questions of modern life. The very title of the poem had enormous revealing power; it carried, according to Herzen, “something terrifying”, “he could not name it otherwise; not the revisionists - dead souls, but all these Nozdryovs. Manilovs and all those like them are dead souls, and we meet them at every step..."

Released

1969-12-10

Genres

Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

Runtime

150 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Aleksandr Belinsky

TMDB rating

3.5/10 from 2 votes