When the Dead Awaken

1926· 67 min★ 5.5· Comedy

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".

Cast: Igor Ilyinsky, Pyotr Repnin, Nikolai Vashkevich

Director: Aleksey Dmitriev