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.

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Main Cast: Alexander Petrov, Oleg Menshikov, Yan Tsapnik, Taisiya Vilkova, Yuliya Frants, Sergey Badyuk, Artyom Tkachenko, Evgeniy Stychkin, Anton Momot, Nadezhda Shumilova

Director: Egor Baranov

Writers: Aleksey Karaulov, Filipp Konyashov, Tikhon Kornev, Kim Belov, Alexey Chupov, Natalya Merkulova

Editor: Alexander Ivanov

Cinematographer: Sergey Trofimov

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