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The Portrait
The Portrait

The Portrait

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A man is increasingly unnerved by a mysterious portrait. Based on a story by Nikolai Gogol, the film is thought to have run about 45 minutes long, but only an 8 minute fragment is known to have survived.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

45 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

09 October 1915

Country

Russia

Cast

Andrey Gromov

Andrey Gromov

Painter Chartkov

Ivan Lazarev

Ivan Lazarev

The pawnbroker

R. Krechetov

R. Krechetov

Nikolay Gogol

V. Vasilyev

V. Vasilyev

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