Gogol. Nachalo

"The Darkest Night Before Dawn"

Aug 31 2017 Not Rated 1h 47m
Crime, Horror, Mystery

The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro accidentally witnesses one such fit and realizes that Gogol's visions contain clues that could help solve actual crimes. Together, Gogol and Guro take on a particularly weird and baffling case that brings them to a small village of Dikanka, where everyone has a huge secret to hide.

Plot

The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro accidentally witnesses one such fit and realizes that Gogol's visions contain clues that could help solve actual crimes. Together, Gogol and Guro take on a particularly weird and baffling case that brings them to a small village of Dikanka, where everyone has a huge secret to hide.

Written by

Natasha Merkulova, Alexey Chupov, Tikhon Kornev

Directed by

Egor Baranov

Cast

Margarita Adaeva, Sergey Badyuk, Filipp Dyachkov

Crew

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Production Countries

Russia

Production Companies

Sreda

Languages

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination

Trailers
Gogol. The Beginning (Gogol. Nachalo) 2017 trailer w/subs
Scores
# of Votes
2,260
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
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