The Overcoat (1959 film) explained

The Overcoat
Director:	Aleksey Batalov
Screenplay:	Leonid Solovyov
Story:	Nikolai Gogol
Starring:	Rolan Bykov Yuri Tolubeyev, Aleksandra Yozhkina, Elena Ponsova
Music:	Nikolai Sidelnikov
Cinematography:	Genrikh Marandzhyan
Studio:	Lenfilm
Runtime:	75 minutes
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian

The Overcoat (Russian: Шинель) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksey Batalov, based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "The Overcoat".^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Rolan Bykov - Akaki Akakiyevich
• Yuri Tolubeyev - Petrovich
• Aleksandra Yozhkina - Petrovich's Wife
• Elena Ponsova - Landlady
• Georgi Tejkh - Important Person
• Nina Urgant - lady of easy virtue
• Aleksandr Sokolov - undertaker
• Rem Lebedev - assistant chief clerk, birthday
  • Aleksey Batalov Georgii Kolosov - private bailiff
• Nikolai Kuzmin - robber
• Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova - wife of the birthday man
• Mikhail Ladygin - usurer
• Pyotr Lobanov - quarterly warden
• Vladimir Maksimov - director
• Gennadi Voropayev - officer
• Gennady Nilov
• Kira Kreylis-Petrova - servant

Notes and References

1. Book: Graffy, Julian . 2000 . Gogol's The Overcoat . Bristol Classical Press . 51–52 . 9781853995682.
2. Book: Schillaci . Anthony . Culkin . John M. . 1970 . Films Deliver: Teaching Creatively with Film . Citation Press . 259.