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.
Cast
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
Yevgeni Syty
Yakim
Artem Suchkov
Tesak
Marta Timofeeva
Vasilina
Svetlana Kireeva
Khristina
Evgeny Kapitonov
father Varfolomey
Pavel Derevyanko
Aleksander Pushkin
Valery Rybin
Black Horseman
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Solopiy Cherevik
Ilya Borisov
Popovich
Beata Makowskaya
Mariya Myasnikova
Vitaliy Kovalenko
Anastasiya Popova
Andrey Pynzaru
Pavel Grigoryev
Sergei Linkov
Artyom Efremov
Stanislav Lelkhov
Filipp Dyachkov
Dmitry Golovanov
Konstantin Purusov
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- Release Date 08/31/2017
- Language Russian
- Director Egor Baranov
- Writers Filipp Konyashov, Aleksey Karaulov
- Editor Alexandr Ivanov
- Cinematographer Sergey Trofimov
- Producers Aleksandr Tsekalo, Aleksandra Remizova, Ivan Samokhvalov, Olga Nikulina, Valeriy Fedorovich, Evgeniy Nikishov, Artur Dzhanibekyan, Darya Skugar
- Company Sreda
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Aug 31, 2017 | Theatrical | 18+ |
| Russia | Oct 1, 2017 | Digital | 18+ |
| Russia | Nov 13, 2017 | Physical (DVD, Blu-ray) | 18+ |
| South Korea | Jun 4, 2019 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Germany | Jul 5, 2019 | Physical | 16 |
| Japan | Oct 11, 2019 | Digital | R18+ |
| France | Feb 6, 2020 | Digital (VOD) | U |
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