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Dead Souls (1984)

Dead Souls (1984)

Drama Comedy History
Release Date: 1984, November 19
Directors: Mikhail Shveitser
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Gosteleradio USSR, Gosteleradio USSR, Mosfilm, Mosfilm
Cast: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Mariya Vinogradova, Viktor Sergachyov, Aleksandr Novikov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Inna Churikova, Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Aleksandr Trofimov, Larisa Udovichenko, Yuri Bogatyryov, Tamara Nosova

Overview:

Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to obtain a large loan. He comes to a small provincial town and begins to proposition the local landowners. These landowners are revealed to be so petty and avaricious that not even Chichikov’s amazing offer can be worked to his advantage on them. Some stall, some refuse for no obvious reasons, some promise and then renege, and others want “in on the deal.” In the end, Chichikov, having concluded that the landowners are a hopeless lot, leaves for other regions.