Gogol. The Beginning

About Gogol. The Beginning

1829: Nikolay Gogol, troubled Third Section clerk, burns his own books. Epileptic seizures plague him.

Gogol. The Beginning (2017) is a horror mystery film directed by Egor Baranov. Released in August 2017, it runs 107 minutes.

Alexander Petrov stars as Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol, Oleg Menshikov as Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator, Yan Tsapnik as Bomgart - doctor, and Taisiya Vilkova as Elizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - countess. The screenplay is by Aleksey Karaulov and Alexey Chupov.

TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 115 votes.