Movie

Dead Souls

1969 · 150 min

A slow, talky literary satire that asks patience and rewards it with sharp, bleakly funny portraits of provincial vanity.

Overview: In "Dead Souls" Gogol posed the most pressing and painful questions of modern life. The very title of the poem had enormous revealing power; it carried, according to Herzen, “something terrifying”, “he could not name it otherwise; not the revisionists - dead souls, but all these Nozdryovs. Manilovs and all those like them are dead souls, and we meet them at every step..."
How it feels: Satirical, dark, cynical and absurd. Measured and demanding.
About: Corruption, class, identity, morality
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
class
identity
morality
greed
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none