The Living Corpse
(1952)

Released: 1952-06-16

tmdb link

Based on the play of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. 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.

Vote Now!


Placeholder

Nikolai Simonov

as Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov (Fedya)

Actor page

Galina Iniutina

as Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova (Liza)

Actor page

Yelizaveta Time

as Anna Pavlovna, Liza's mother

Actor page

Klavdiya Trofimova

as Sasha, Liza's sister

Actor page

Anatoly Dubensky

as Viktor Mikhailovich Karenin

Actor page

Yelizaveta Zhikhareva

as Anna Dmitriyevna Karenina, Viktor's mother

Actor page

Yakov Malyutin

as Sergei Dmitriyevich Abrezkov, knyaz

Actor page

Olga Lebzak

as Masha the gypsy

Actor page

Aleksandr Chekayevsky

as Ivan Petrovich Aleksandrov

Actor page

Mikhail Yekaterininskiy

as Petushkov the artist

Actor page

Bruno Frejndlikh

as judicial investigator

Actor page

Gennadi Michurin

as Petrushin the lawyer

Actor page

Sergei Sorokin

as head of the Gypsy choir

Actor page