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The Overcoat

Шинель

1926·63 min·SU
Director: Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
Drama

Soviet film based on Nikolai Gogol stories "Nevsky Prospekt" and "The Overcoat".

Soviet film based on Nikolai Gogol stories "Nevsky Prospekt" and "The Overcoat".

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Cast

Andrei Kostrichkin

Andrei Kostrichkin

Akakiy Bashmachkin

Antonina Yeremeyeva

Antonina Yeremeyeva

Young lady 'heavenly creature'

Aleksei Kapler

Aleksei Kapler

'Not important person' / 'Very important person'

Sergei Gerasimov

Sergei Gerasimov

Yaryzhka, card sharp

Emil Gal

Emil Gal

Tailor

Yanina Zheymo

Yanina Zheymo

Tailor's assistant

Vladimir Lepko

Vladimir Lepko

Tailor Petrovich

Oleg Zhakov

Oleg Zhakov

Bashmachkin's coworker

T

Tatyana Ventsel

Barber

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Official

P

Pavel Berezin

Official

Ksenia Denisova

Ksenia Denisova

Agrafena

N

Nikolay Gorodnichev

Pyotr Ptitsyn, landowner (uncredited)

A

Alexandra Trishko

Lady with dog (uncredited)

V

Viktor Plotnikov

Police officer (uncredited)

Crew

Yury Tynyanov

writer

Andrey Moskvin

cinematographer

Yevgeniy Mikhaylov

cinematographer

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