The Living Corpse (1952)
Живой труп
Overview
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.
What is The Living Corpse about?
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. The Living Corpse is a Drama movie, released on 1952-06-16, runtime 170 minutes.
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Directed by
Vladimir Vengerov
Cast
- Nikolai Simonov as Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov (Fedya)
- Galina Iniutina as Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova (Liza)
- Elizaveta Time as Anna Pavlovna, Liza's Mother
- Klavdiya Trofimova as Sasha, Liza's Sister
- Anatoly Dubensky as Viktor Mikhailovich Karenin
- Elizaveta Gikhareva as Anna Dmitriyevna Karenina, Viktor's Mother
- Yakov Malyutin as Sergei Dmitriyevich Abrezkov, Knyaz
- Olga Lebzak as Masha the Gypsy
- Konstantin Adashevsky as Afremov
- Aleksandr Chekayevsky as Ivan Petrovich Aleksandrov
- Mikhail Yekaterininskiy as Petushkov the Artist
- Aleksand Kireyev as Artemyev
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