When The Dead Awaken

Dec 25, 1926

1h 7m

★ 0.0

Overview

The movie takes place in one of the Russian provincial cities during the Civil War. A local priest, together with the ex-estate manager buries count's treasures and disguises it as his nephew's funeral. And when his nephew Nikeshka Vonmiglasov, a former Wrangelian, suddenly appears, he understands that he can profit on his magical "resurrection".

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Gosvoenkino

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Cast

Nikeshka Vonmiglasov

Igor Ilyinsky

Ardalion Medalionov, telegraph operator

Pyotr Repnin

Matvey, priest

Nikolai Vashkevich

Deacon

Antonin Pankryshev

Menzurkin, village doctor

I. Vysotsky

Christophora, deacon's daughter

Yevdokia Solovyova

Arsenich

F. Tavridi

Former count's property manager

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