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Gogol is a fantasy-horror films TV-series directed by Egor Baranov and produced by the Sreda production company. It is loosely based on works by Nikolai Gogol from the collection Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka. The title role is played by Alexander Petrov. Six episodes of the series had theatrical premieres as compilation films.
“What a dreary world we live in, gentlemen.”
“When the priest went in, he stopped short at the sight of this defamation of God's holy place, and dared not serve the requiem on such a spot. And so the church was left forever, with monsters stuck in the doors and windows, was overgrown with forest trees, roots, rough grass and wild thorns, and no one can now find the way to it.”
“It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.”
“I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter.”
“The gentleman lolling back in the chaise was neither dashingly handsome nor yet unbearably ugly, neither too stout nor yet too thin; it could not be claimed he was old but he was no stripling, either. His arrival in the town created no stir and was not marked by anything out of the ordinary.”
“And for a long time yet, led by some wondrous power, I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone.”
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