When the Dead Awaken

Name: When the Dead Awaken
Director: Aleksey Dmitriev
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1926-12-25
Duration: 67 min
Cast: Igor Ilyinsky, Pyotr Repnin, Nikolai Vashkevich, Antonin Pankryshev, I. Vysotsky

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1926 · 67 min · Comedy

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".

Directed by Aleksey Dmitriev

Cast

Igor Ilyinsky — Nikeshka Vonmiglasov
Pyotr Repnin — Ardalion Medalionov, telegraph operator
Nikolai Vashkevich — Matvey, priest
Antonin Pankryshev — Deacon
I. Vysotsky — Menzurkin, village doctor