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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 14, 1929

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Germany, Soviet Union

Production

Mezhrabpomfilm,Prometheus-Film-Verleih

Cast

Vera Maretskaya,Viola Garden,Boris Barnet,Maria Jacobini,Porfiri Podobed,Nato Vachnadze,Vsevolod Pudovkin,Aleksandr Yermakov,Daniil Vvedenskiy,Gustav Diessland 5 more

Director

Fyodor Otsep

Writer

Leo Tolstoy,Boris Gusman,Anatoli Marienhof

Cinematography

Phil Jutzi,Anatoli Golovnya

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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