The Ghost That Never Returns

The Ghost That Never Returns

1930 · 94 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama

The rebel leader Jose Real is allowed to leave prison for one day to visit his family. But it is a ruse to make him reveal the whereabouts of his rebel gang. This existential drama disguised as a saga about the proletarian struggle presents a lonely and insecure individual who is challenged to act more heroically than he is prepared to, but who constantly questions his confidence and loyalties.

Directed by Abram Room · Written by Valentin Turkin

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Boris Ferdinandov Khose Real
A. Filippov Syn Khose
Karl Gurnyak Rabochiy, chlen komiteta
Dmitriy Kara-Dmitriev Shef agentov
Ivan Lavrov Otets Khose
A. Repin Soblaznitel
Maksim Shtraukh Police agent
Gavriil Terekhov Santander, lover (as G. Terekhov)
Daniil Vvedenskiy The warden (as D. Vvedenskiy)
E. Yakovskiy Functionary
Leonid Yurenyov Senior warden
Olga Zhizneva Klemans

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