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The Living Corpse (1929)
Directed by Fyodor Otsep
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.
Length 82 minutes
Actors
Vsevolod Pudovkin | Maria Jacobini | Viola Garden | Julia Serda | Nato Vachnadze | Gustav Diessl