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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".

Release: 1926-12-25
Runtime: 67 min
Cast
Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Ilyinsky
Nikeshka Vonmiglasov
Pyotr Repnin
Pyotr Repnin
Ardalion Medalionov, telegraph operator
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Nikolai Vashkevich
Matvey, priest
Antonin Pankryshev
Antonin Pankryshev
Deacon
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I. Vysotsky
Menzurkin, village doctor
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Yevdokia Solovyova
Christophora, deacon's daughter
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F. Tavridi
Arsenich
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A. Petrov
Former count's property manager