When the Dead Awaken

(1926)

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1926

Runtime: 67 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Aleksey Dmitriev

Cast: Игорь Ильинский, Пётр Репнин, Nikolai Vashkevich, Антонин Панкрышев, И. Высоцкий, Yevdokia Solovyova, F. Tavridi, A. Petrov

Plot

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".