Akakiy révèle sa fascination pour les chiffres, et le chœur annonce qu'ils aideront à comptabiliser les choses. Sa propriétaire entre pour lui apporter de la soupe aux choux - et plus encore, ce qu'il refuse.

Après s'être précipité au travail, Akakiy est intimidé par ses collègues. Il travaille trop fort, cela fait mal paraître les autres.

Petrovich déclare que le manteau d'Akakiy est complètement irréparable, mais aussi que c'est l'occasion pour Akakiy de choisir quelque chose de nouveau. Évidemment, il aura à payer.

Akakiy gets caught in rush hour and arrives late to find the head the department telling a sad story about encountering a homeless vagrant. Annoyed at being interrupted, the head of the department grills Akakiy on his little notebook of numbers. Akakiy explains he was using it to find ways to save money, which gives the head an idea. He’ll cu...

Mesurer Akakiy devient un ballet de maladresse. Petrovich et sa femme s'interrogent sur ce qui définit vraiment un homme : son apparence

The name day party. Everyone is dressed to the nines, but Akakiy adds up to at least an eleven. They fawn over his coat, going so far as to toast to it. Akakiy forgets to count his drinks, and ends up completely drunk. He gets lost on the way home, winding up in the rough part of town. Akakiy asks two men for directions, but instead, they kno...

After days of near catatonia in his cold apartment, the landlady asks Petrovich to repair Akakiy’s old coat, to no avail. Even his coworkers arrive to check in, but by then, Akakiy is unreachable. Akakiy is committed to a mental hospital. Once he arrives, the other residents encourage him to look at things a little differently. It turns out h...