Dead Souls
Directed by Mikhail ShveitserPavel 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.
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Dead Souls was released on 1984年11月19日.
Dead Souls was directed by Mikhail Shveitser.
Dead Souls has a runtime of 6小时 28分钟.
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.
The key characters in Dead Souls are Nikolai Gogol (Aleksandr Trofimov), Chichikov (Aleksandr Kalyagin), Manilov (Yuri Bogatyryov).
Dead Souls is a 喜剧, 剧情, 历史 film.