
The Living Corpse
1 hour 22 minutes1929-02-14
5.2
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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.
Cast

Vsevolod Pudovkin
Fyodor Protasov

Maria Jacobini
Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova

Viola Garden
Sasha, Yelizaveta's sister

Julia Serda
Anna Pavlovna

Nato Vachnadze
Masha, gypsy girl

Gustav Diessl
Karenin

Vladimir Uralskiy
Petushkov

Vera Maretskaya
Pretty lady

Daniil Vvedenskiy
Artemyev

Porfiri Podobed
Priest

Pyotr Repnin

Boris Barnet
Pickpocket

Vladimir Tsoppi
Fyodor, friend of Protasov's
