The Living Corpse
Overview
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.
Release date
14/02/1929
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Vsevolod Pudovkin
Fyodor Protasov
Maria Jacobini
Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova
Viola Garden
Sasha, Yelizaveta's sister
Julia Serda
Anna Pavlovna
Nato Vachnadze
Masha, gypsy girl
Gustav Diessl
Karenin
Vladimir Uralskiy
Petushkov
Vera Maretskaya
Pretty lady
Daniil Vvedenskiy
Artemyev
Porfiri Podobed
Priest
Pyotr Repnin
Boris Barnet
Pickpocket
Vladimir Tsoppi
Fyodor, friend of Protasov's
Mikhail Zharov
Hired witness (uncredited)
Aleksandr Yermakov
Original Soundtrack
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People on Sunday
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Black Magic
Greed
Underground
Wedding Festivities
Uncle Jasper's Will
Carmen, the Bandit's Daughter
Four Feathers
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
City Lights
Pandora's Box
The Gold Rush
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Recess
Love of a State Councillor
The Hope
The Way of the Strong
Chastity
The Miracle Man