The Portrait

(1915)Directed by Władysław Starewicz45 minHorror, Thriller

A man is increasingly unnerved by a mysterious portrait. Based on a story by Nikolai Gogol, the film is thought to have run about 45 minutes long, but only an 8 minute fragment is known to have survived.

Andrey Gromovas Painter Chartkov
Ivan Lazarevas The pawnbroker
R. Krechetovas Nikolay Gogol
V. Vasilyev