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The Portrait
Russian: Портрет
Directed by Ladislas Starevich
Based on" The Portrait" by Nikolai Gogol
Starring
Cinematography Vladislav Starevich
CountryRussian Empire
LanguageRussian

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

The surviving footage from The Portrait

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

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