When The Dead Awaken (1926)
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".
Director: Aleksey Dmitriev
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Igor Ilyinsky as Nikeshka Vonmiglasov |
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Pyotr Repnin as Ardalion Medalionov, telegraph operator |
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Nikolai Vashkevich as Matvey, priest |
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Antonin Pankryshev as Deacon |
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I. Vysotsky as Menzurkin, village doctor |
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Yevdokia Solovyova as Christophora, deacon's daughter |
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F. Tavridi as Arsenich |
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A. Petrov as Former count's property manager |
| Camera | Aleksandr Lemberg | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Aleksey Dmitriev | Writer |
| Directing | Aleksey Dmitriev | Director |
| Art | Vasily Komardenkov | Production Design |