
The Overcoat
2017 · Movie · 19 min
Based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol, this blackly comic fairytale is about a lonely social outcast who, in an effort to raise his status at work, spends all his money on a new overcoat, which seemingly gives him the approval he craves. But when it's stolen from him, he cannot return to his previous life of anonymity, leading to a downward spiral from which there is no return.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-11-14
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 19 min
Themes
- mugger
- ghost
- high society
- coat
- social outcast
Cast & crew

Jason Watkins
as Christopher Cobbler

Tim Key
as Narrator

Vicki Pepperdine
as The Policewoman

Alex Macqueen
as The VIP

Dominic Coleman
as The Tailor

Shazia Nicholls
as The Colleague

Rosalind Blessed
as The VIP's Secretary

Grace Rowe
as The Receptionist

Andrew MacBean
as The VIP's Associate

Daniel Francis-Swaby
as A Colleague
Directed by Patrick Myles