When the Dead Awaken

When the Dead Awaken (1926) is a comedy film directed by Aleksey Dmitriev.

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

Nikeshka Vonmiglasov

Pyotr Repnin

Ardalion Medalionov, telegraph operator

Nikolai Vashkevich

Matvey, priest

Antonin Pankryshev

Deacon

I. Vysotsky

Menzurkin, village doctor

Yevdokia Solovyova

Christophora, deacon's daughter

F. Tavridi

Arsenich

A. Petrov

Former count's property manager