The Overcoat (1959 film)

The Overcoat
Film poster
Directed byAleksey Batalov
Screenplay byLeonid Solovyov
Story byNikolai Gogol
StarringRolan Bykov
Yuri Tolubeyev, Aleksandra Yozhkina, Elena Ponsova
CinematographyGenrikh Marandzhyan
Music byNikolai Sidelnikov
Production
company
Release date
  • 2 February 1959 (1959-02-02)
Running time
75 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The Overcoat (Russian: Шинель) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksey Batalov, based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "The Overcoat".[1][2]

  1. ^ Graffy, Julian (2000). Gogol's The Overcoat. Bristol Classical Press. pp. 51–52. ISBN 9781853995682.
  2. ^ Schillaci, Anthony; Culkin, John M., eds. (1970). Films Deliver: Teaching Creatively with Film. Citation Press. p. 259.