Shinel (The Overcoat) (DVD PAL)

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Studio(s): DVD Classic
DVD Region: ALL

Theatrical release: 1959
DVD release: 2004
Play time: 60 min.
Sound format(s): Dolby Digital 5.0
Language(s): Russian
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Format: 4:3, Full Screen, Black & White
Genre(s): Drama, Classic films

The opening scene of Aleksei Batalov's "The Overcoat" has a baby crying on being given his lousy name- Akaki Akakiyevich. It's a moment that is both sad and funny, and establishes the tone of the story, which is about a good-hearted man who just seems to have been cursed with low status and bad luck. Akaki grows up to become a clerk in an office filled with people who mock him and make him the butt of their practical jokes. He goes home everyday to his dingy apartment, where he has a stash of money hidden so he can save up for an overcoat. When he finally buys it, the coat brings Akaki a kind of warmth and companionship that he has been missing. No one else can see why it's so special to him. Then, one day, his coat is stolen...

	Director: Aleksey Batalov
	Script: Leonid Solov'ev
	Music: Nikolaj Sidel'nikov
	Cast: Rolan Bykov, Yurij Tolubeev, Nina Urgant, Elena Ponsova, Aleksandr Sokolov, Georgij Tejkh