A Corpse Living (1918)
"The Living Corpse" - Fedor Protasov is tormented by the thought that his wife Liza never really made a clear choice between him and Victor Karenin, a more conventional rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer Mascha. Meanwhile, his wife Liza, presuming him dead, marries the other man, Victor.
- Released
- 1918-10-14
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Cheslav Sabinsky, Cheslav Sabinsky
- TMDB rating
- 9.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Vera Kholodnaya as Masha, gypsy woman
- Vladimir Maksimov as Fedor Protasov
- Ossip Runitsch as Viktor Mikhaylovich Karenin
- Olga Rakhmanova as Viktor's mother
- Klavdiya Alekseyeva as Liza
- Ivan Khudoleyev as Mikhail Andeyevich Afremov
- Arseniy Bibikov as Sergey Dmitrievich Abrezkov
- Natalya Belyovtseva as Sasha, Liza's sister
- Mikhail Massin as Forensic investigator
- N. Kozyrev as Official
- P. Kozyrev as Masha's father
- Vasili Stepanov as Petushkov
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