The Living Corpse

Drama · 1931

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.

Starring

Vsevolod Pudovkin, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Otsep, Maria Jacobini, Fyodor Otsep, Viola Garden, Julia Serda, Sergei Kozlovsky, Phil Jutzi, Nato Vachnadze

Director

Fyodor Otsep