The Living Corpse

The Living Corpse — Plot

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.

• Release date
• June 16, 1952
• Runtime
• 170 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Vladimir Vengerov

The Living Corpse — Cast

Nikolai Simonov Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov (Fedya) Galina Iniutina Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova (Liza)

Y

Yelizaveta Time Anna Pavlovna, Liza's Mother Klavdiya Trofimova Sasha, Liza's Sister

A

Anatoly Dubensky Viktor Mikhailovich Karenin

E

Elizaveta Gikhareva Anna Dmitriyevna Karenina, Viktor's Mother Yakov Malyutin Sergei Dmitriyevich Abrezkov, Knyaz Olga Lebzak Masha the Gypsy