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The Overcoat (1959) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1959 · 75 mins · Russian
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- Directed by
- Aleksey Batalov
- Starring
- Rolan Bykov, Georgiy Teykh, Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova, Nina Urgant, Elena Ponsova, Yuriy Tolubeev
The film follows a low‑ranking government clerk whose cherished new overcoat is stolen, leaving him desperate to recover the only item that gives him dignity. Yet no one offers assistance, and his obsession with retrieving the coat haunts him even after his death, turning his grievance into a lingering, spectral lament.
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