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When The Dead Awaken
When The Dead Awaken

When The Dead Awaken

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Comedy

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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".

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

67 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

25 December 1926

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Igor Ilyinsky

Igor Ilyinsky

Nikeshka Vonmiglasov

Pyotr Repnin

Pyotr Repnin

telegraph operator Ardalion Medalionov

Nikolai Vashkevich

Nikolai Vashkevich

priest Matvey

Antonin Pankryshev

Antonin Pankryshev

deacon

I. Vysotsky

I. Vysotsky

feldsher Menzurkin

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