The Portrait (1915 film)

The Portrait
Russian: Портрет
Directed byLadislas Starevich
Based on"The Portrait" by Nikolai Gogol
Starring
CinematographyVladislav Starevich
Release date
  • 1915 (1915)
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

References

  1. ^ Искусство убивает, сводит с ума и греет на вас руки
  2. ^ В Самаре выступит эпатажный петербургский поэт Владимир Горохов
  3. ^ В Самару приедет эпатажный интернет-поэт Владимир Горохов
  4. ^ Портрет