The Darkest Night Before Dawn
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.
Directed byEgor Baranov
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Language
- RU
- Released
- August 31, 2017
- Revenue
- $7,939,761
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Cast & crew
Alexander Petrov
Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol
Oleg Menshikov
Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator
Yan Tsapnik
Bomgart - doctor
Taisiya Vilkova
Elizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - countess
Yuliya Frants
Oksana
Sergey Badyuk
Вакула (кузнец)
Artyom Tkachenko
Aleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa
Evgeniy Stychkin
Binh - investigator
Anton Momot
Грицко
Nadezhda Shumilova
midwife
- Directed by
- Egor Baranov
- Written by
- Aleksey Karaulov
Filipp Konyashov - Produced by
- Olga Nikulina
Valeriy Fedorovich
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