Gogol. The Beginning
Seen it?2017 | 107 min | Mystery, Adventure, Thriller, Horror
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, horror fans and adventure fans. If you loved Barbarian, start here.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 47 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
1829: Nikolay Gogol, troubled Third Section clerk, burns his own books. Epileptic seizures plague him. Investigator Yakov Guro discovers Gogol's visions hold crime-solving clues. Together, they tackle a baffling case in Dikanka, where everyone hides a dark secret.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesBelow par
6.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$8 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 5K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Egor Baranov
- Alexander PetrovNikolay Vasilievich Gogol
- Oleg MenshikovYakov Petrovich Guro - investigator
- Yan TsapnikBomgart - doctor
- Taisiya VilkovaElizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - countess
- Yuliya FrantsOksana
- Sergey BadyukВакула (кузнец)
- Artyom TkachenkoAleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa
- Evgeniy StychkinBinh - investigator
- Anton MomotГрицко
- Nadezhda Shumilovamidwife