---
title: 'Gogol. Origins (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Egor Baranov'
released: '2017-08-31'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'Russia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gogol-origins-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6628228/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Gogol. Origins (2017)

2017 · 100 min · Horror, Mystery · Russia

Original title: Гоголь. Начало

## Synopsis

Gogol. Origins is a 2017 Russian fantasy-horror film directed by Yegor Baranov loosely based on works by Nikolai Gogol from the 1832 collection Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka. The title role is played by Alexander Petrov.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Egor Baranov](https://cinepixo.com/people/egor-baranov)
- **Screenplay:** [Natalya Merkulova](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-merkulova)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Tsekalo](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-tsekalo), [Artur Janibekyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-janibekyan), [Yevgeny Nikishov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-nikishov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergey Trofimov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-trofimov)

## Cast

- [Alexander Petrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-petrov) as Nikolai Gogol
- [Oleg Menshikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-menshikov) as Yakov Guro
- [Yevgeny Stychkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-stychkin) as Binkh
- [Taisiya Vilkova](https://cinepixo.com/people/taisiya-vilkova) as Liza
- [Artyom Tkachenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/artyom-tkachenko) as Danishevsky
- [Yevgeny Syty](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-syty) as Yakim
- [Yan Tsapnik](https://cinepixo.com/people/yan-tsapnik) as Bomgart
- [Sergey Badyuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-badyuk) as Vakula
- [Pavel Derevyanko](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-derevyanko) as Alexander Pushkin
- [Dmitry Bykovsky-Romashov](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitry-bykovsky-romashov) as Solopiy Cherevik
- [Vitaly Kovalenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitaly-kovalenko) as Kovleysky
- [Konstantin Kolemagin](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-kolemagin) as guest at Khavronya's funeral

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Official site: https://gogolvkino.ru
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/gogol-origins-2017
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