When the Dead Awaken
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".
Directed by Aleksey Dmitriev · Written by Aleksey Dmitriev
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Cast
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Igor Ilyinsky Nikeshka Vonmiglasov -
Pyotr Repnin Ardalion Medalionov, telegraph operator - Nikolai Vashkevich Matvey, priest
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Antonin Pankryshev Deacon - I. Vysotsky Menzurkin, village doctor
- Yevdokia Solovyova Christophora, deacon's daughter
- F. Tavridi Arsenich
- A. Petrov Former count's property manager
Make it a double feature
2h 26m together
When the Dead Awaken
The General
A close match in mood and era.
