When the Dead Awaken

When the Dead Awaken — Plot

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".

• Release date
• December 25, 1926
• Runtime
• 67 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Aleksey Dmitriev

When the Dead Awaken — Cast

Igor Ilyinsky Nikeshka Vonmiglasov Pyotr Repnin Ardalion Medalionov, telegraph operator

N

Nikolai Vashkevich Matvey, priest Antonin Pankryshev Deacon

I

I. Vysotsky Menzurkin, village doctor

Y

Yevdokia Solovyova Christophora, deacon's daughter

F

F. Tavridi Arsenich

A

A. Petrov Former count's property manager