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".
Igor Ilyinsky
as Nikeshka Vonmiglasov
Pyotr Repnin
as telegraph operator Ardalion Medalionov
Nikolai Vashkevich
as priest Matvey
Antonin Pankryshev
as deacon
I. Vysotsky
as feldsher Menzurkin