The Portrait (1915 film)
| The Portrait | |
|---|---|
| Russian: Портрет | |
| Directed by | Ladislas Starevich |
| Based on | "The Portrait" by Nikolai Gogol |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Vladislav Starevich |
Release date |
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| Country | Russian Empire |
| Language | Russian |
The Portrait (Russian: Портрет) is a 1915 Russian film directed by Ladislas Starevich. Only 22 minutes of 45 minutes of the film still exist today.[1][2][3]
Plot
[edit]The film tells about a man who acquires a portrait of an old man, hangs him on a wall in his house and tries to fall asleep, but for some reason he cannot, as a result of which he decides to hang a portrait. And suddenly the old man comes out of the picture and starts to the main character...[4]
Cast
[edit]- Andrey Gromov
- Ivan Lazarev
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- The Portrait at IMDb
Categories:
- 1915 films
- 1910s Russian-language films
- Russian-language horror thriller films
- Russian-language mystery thriller films
- Russian-language short films
- Russian supernatural horror films
- Russian horror thriller films
- Russian horror drama films
- Russian black-and-white films
- Russian mystery thriller films
- 1915 drama films
- Films based on works by Nikolai Gogol
- Films directed by Ladislas Starevich
- Russian silent short films
- Rediscovered Russian films
- 1910s rediscovered films