The Living Corpse
Живой труп
Release: 1929-02-14
·Runtime: 82m
·★ 5.2
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mezhrabpomfilm
Prometheus-Film-Verleih
Cast
Maria Jacobini
as Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova
Julia Serda
as Anna Pavlovna
Gustav Diessl
as Karenin
Vladimir Uralskiy
as Petushkov
Vera Maretskaya
as Pretty lady
Mikhail Zharov
as Hired witness (uncredited)
Viola Garden
as Sasha, Yelizaveta's sister
Nato Vachnadze
as Masha, gypsy girl
Porfiri Podobed
as Priest
Pyotr Repnin
Boris Barnet
as Pickpocket
Vladimir Tsoppi
as Fyodor, friend of Protasov's
Vsevolod Pudovkin
as Fyodor Protasov
