Film

A Corpse Living

1918 · 1h 20m · Drama · Romance

"The Living Corpse" - Fedor Protasov is tormented by the thought that his wife Liza never really made a clear choice between him and Victor Karenin, a more conventional rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer Mascha. Meanwhile, his wife Liza, presuming him dead, marries the other man, Victor.

Vera Kholodnaya

Masha, gypsy woman

Vladimir Maksimov

Fedor Protasov

Ossip Runitsch

Viktor Mikhaylovich Karenin

Olga Rakhmanova

Viktor's mother

Klavdiya Alekseyeva

Liza

Ivan Khudoleyev

Mikhail Andeyevich Afremov

Arseniy Bibikov

Sergey Dmitrievich Abrezkov

Natalya Belyovtseva

Sasha, Liza's sister

Mikhail Massin

Forensic investigator

N. Kozyrev

Official

P. Kozyrev

Masha's father

Vasili Stepanov

Petushkov

O. Lenskaya

Masha's mother

Aleksandra Gribunina

Nadezhda Lepetich

• Cheslav SabinskyDirector · Screenplay
• Alexander RylloDirector of Photography
• Vladimir SiversenDirector of Photography

Release date

October 14, 1918

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Drama, Romance

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