Gogol

What a wild mix of characters! Gogol's family servant, the doctor, the "police chief" and of course Gogol himself...all could be hilariously outrageous, including some very witty, sharp dialogue here and there. If they could have maintained the more camp quality throughout it would have worked better. But ultimately, the story, character decisions and development altogether became rather silly and (to me) not so enjoyable...particularly the religious and occult content. I round it up to 6. But it is great to see a quality production from Russia.

Really enjoyed. Typical Russian humour I.e the Watch Series.

I found this by accident on youtube. Look for Janson Media, they have a lot of great Russian/east euro films and series.

Gogol is an excellent kind of supernatural mystery series that has the ambience of Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow but much more bizarre and involved. Great acting, effects, cinematography, direction. Highly recommended.

Amazingly Gothic and we got into it easily, despite the darned subtitles. Some of the period series / movies we've seen have a postcard picture feel - there's distance, no involvement, they're flat. Not with Gogol, but we were taken right into the historical settings; the Gothic feel and fabulous architecture. They're only asides to characterization, which really made the series watchable. Couldn't fault the story either, full of surprising twists and turns, never a dull moment.

This TV series is described as based on works of Gogol. That could well mean that Sleepy Hollow was also somehow related to Gogol the writer as there is a very strong similarity. I think that Gogol and the author of Sleepy Hollow were contemporaries.

In this TV series the men wear the best hats and the women often wear nothing at all.

I am three episodes in and particularly enjoying the character Binkh who is well portrayed with some fine, subtle facial expressions.