When the Dead Awaken

1926Directed by Aleksey Dmitriev

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Released: December 25, 1926
Runtime: 1h 7m

About When the Dead Awaken

Comedy

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".

Director: Aleksey Dmitriev
Writer: Aleksey Dmitriev
Original title: Когда пробуждаются мертвые

Principal cast

In billing order

Igor IlyinskyNikeshka Vonmiglasov
Pyotr RepninArdalion Medalionov, telegraph operator
Nikolai VashkevichMatvey, priest
Antonin PankryshevDeacon
I. VysotskyMenzurkin, village doctor
Yevdokia SolovyovaChristophora, deacon's daughter

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