The Living Corpse 1952 Directed by Vladimir Vengerov Живой труп

The Russian nobleman Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov cannot put up with the hypocrisy of his environment, but is powerless to fight it. He begins to drink, leaves the house and gradually falls. The behavior of Protasov helps to bring his wife Liza closer to a longtime friend of the family, Viktor Karenin. Unable to endure the lies and humiliation associated with the upcoming divorce proceedings, Fedya pretends to commit suicide and seemed to forever leave his family. It is only due to the accident that it becomes known that Fedor Protasov is alive. Liza, reconciled with the death of her husband and became the wife of Karenin, is summoned to court on charges of duality. To stop the stupid and deceitful comedy of the court and rid the shame of innocent people, Protasov shoots himself.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gnere Drama
Production Company Lenfilm
Release Date 16 June 1952
170 mins
Cast
Nikolai Simonov Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov (Fedya)
Galina Iniutina Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova (Liza)
Yelizaveta Time Anna Pavlovna, Liza's Mother
Klavdiya Trofimova Sasha, Liza's Sister
Anatoly Dubensky Viktor Mikhailovich Karenin
Elizaveta Gikhareva Anna Dmitriyevna Karenina, Viktor's Mother
Yakov Malyutin Sergei Dmitriyevich Abrezkov, Knyaz
Olga Lebzak Masha the Gypsy
Aleksandr Chekayevsky Ivan Petrovich Aleksandrov
Mikhail Yekaterininskiy Petushkov the Artist
Bruno Frejndlikh Judicial Investigator
Gennadi Michurin Petrushin the Lawyer
Sergei Sorokin Head of the Gypsy Choir
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