Gogol

I expected this to be a biography and instead was completely blown away with THE most captivating thing. If you like entrancingly gothic, supernatural epics, character-driven, and visually beautiful, this is all of that and more. The opening scene grabbed me and that was it. It takes you on such a journey. I am completely obsessed. The idea to place Gogol as a character in his stories is brilliant. They cast him perfectly. You can't help but love this character. Alexander Petrov is fantastic. And what happens is stunning, shocking really. The setting and costumes, the ideas and the characters are truly enchanting ! It is truly in my top 3 shows that I have ever watched, the other 2 being El Hipnotizidor and Penny Dreadful. I can't help but gush. I so hope they continue with it.

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.

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.