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The Living Corpse

5.2 82 mins Drama   1929
Mezhrabpomfilm   Prometheus-Film-Verleih  
Director(s): Fyodor Otsep

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.

Casts of The Living Corpse

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

Boris Barnet

as Pickpocket

Vladimir Tsoppi

as Fyodor, friend of Protasov's

Mikhail Zharov

as Hired witness (uncredited)

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