The Living Corpse (1929)
The central character of the play, Fedor Protasov, is tormented by the belief that his wife Liza has never really chosen between him and the more conventional Victor Karenin, a rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he first falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer, Masha.
- Released
- 1929-02-14
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Fyodor Otsep
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Vsevolod Pudovkin as Fyodor Protasov
- Maria Jacobini as Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova
- Viola Garden as Sasha, Yelizaveta's sister
- Julia Serda as Anna Pavlovna
- Nato Vachnadze as Masha, gypsy girl
- Gustav Diessl as Karenin
- Vladimir Uralskiy as Petushkov
- Vera Maretskaya as Pretty lady
- Daniil Vvedenskiy as Artemyev
- Porfiri Podobed as Priest
- Pyotr Repnin
- Boris Barnet as Pickpocket