Comedy · Soviet Union · 1926 · 1h 7m

When The Dead Awaken

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Director
Aleksey Dmitriev
Cast
Igor Ilyinsky as Nikeshka Vonmiglasov Pyotr Repnin as Ardalion Medalionov, telegraph operator Nikolai Vashkevich as Matvey, priest Antonin Pankryshev as Deacon I. Vysotsky as Menzurkin, village doctor Yevdokia Solovyova as Christophora, deacon's daughter
Crew
Aleksandr Lemberg — Director of Photography Aleksey Dmitriev — Writer Vasily Komardenkov — Production Design
Synopsis

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".

Mood & Themes
silent film
Key Collaborators
Aleksey Dmitriev Director Aleksandr Lemberg Director of Photography Aleksey Dmitriev Writer Vasily Komardenkov Production Design
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