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The Overcoat

The Overcoat

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The Overcoat

2018

0h 30m

8.0(1 votes)

Animation

Overview

An animated adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's classic short story about an office worker who saves all his money to buy a new coat in time for Christmas, only to have fate take a ghostly hand.

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6 featured cast members

Starring

Michael McElhatton

Michael McElhatton

Petrovich (voice)

Sam McGovern

Sam McGovern

Fyodor (voice)

Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina

Grandfather (voice)

Mikel Murfi

Commissioner (voice)

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Akaky (voice)

Fiona O'Shaughnessy

Fiona O'Shaughnessy

Anna (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Sean Mullen
Meelis Arulepp
Written by: Hugh O'Conor
Produced by: Jonathan Clarke
Meabh Tammemagi

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