Dead Souls

1984 Soviet television miniseries directed by Mikhail Schweitzer
TVSeries miniseries Q4310515
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Dead Souls

Summary

Dead Souls is a miniseries[1]. It draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (miniseries category, ranking #330 of 738).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dead Souls's instance of is recorded as miniseries[3].
  • Dead Souls was directed by Mikhail Schweitzer[4].
  • Mikhail Schweitzer wrote the screenplay for Dead Souls[5].
  • Dead Souls's composer is recorded as Alfred Schnittke[6].
  • Dead Souls's genre is tragicomedy[7].
  • Dead Souls's genre is historical drama[8].
  • Dead Souls's based on is recorded as Dead Souls[9].
  • A cast member of Dead Souls was Alexander Kalyagin[10].
  • A cast member of Dead Souls was Larisa Udovichenko[11].
  • A cast member of Dead Souls was Tamara Nosova[12].
  • A cast member of Dead Souls was Innokenty Smoktunovsky[13].
  • A cast member of Dead Souls was Vyacheslav Nevinny[14].
  • A cast member of Dead Souls was Inna Churikova[15].
  • A cast member of Dead Souls was Yuri Bogatyryov[16].
  • A cast member of Dead Souls was Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina[17].
  • A cast member of Dead Souls was Aleksandr Trofimov[18].
  • Dead Souls's production company is recorded as Mosfilm[19].
  • The original language of Dead Souls was Russian[20].
  • Dead Souls's color is recorded as color[21].
  • Dead Souls's country of origin is recorded as Soviet Union[22].
  • Dead Souls began on November 19, 1984[23].
  • Dead Souls ended on November 23, 1984[24].
  • Dead Souls's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Мёртвые души'}[25].
  • Dead Souls's after a work by is recorded as Nikolai Gogol[26].
  • Dead Souls's different from is recorded as Q4310509[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Dead Souls was directed by Mikhail Schweitzer[4]. Mikhail Schweitzer wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Alexander Kalyagin[10], Larisa Udovichenko[11], Tamara Nosova[12], Innokenty Smoktunovsky[13], Vyacheslav Nevinny[14], and Inna Churikova[15].

Publication

The original language of Dead Souls was Russian[20]. Genres include tragicomedy[7] and historical drama[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Dead Souls's after a work by is recorded as Nikolai Gogol[26].

Why It Matters

Dead Souls draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (miniseries category, ranking #330 of 738).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14813 → 10298
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  2. 22w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv maze series id → 40082
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