The Portrait

The Portrait (1915)

October 9th, 19150h 45min

Horror, Thriller
63%

Overview

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.


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