A Corpse Living (1918)
"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.
Director:
Cheslav Sabinsky
Writer:
Cheslav Sabinsky
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Vera Kholodnaya as Masha, gypsy woman |
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Vladimir Maksimov as Fedor Protasov |
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Ossip Runitsch as Viktor Mikhaylovich Karenin |
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Olga Rakhmanova as Viktor's mother |
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Klavdiya Alekseyeva as Liza |
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Ivan Khudoleyev as Mikhail Andeyevich Afremov |
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Arseniy Bibikov as Sergey Dmitrievich Abrezkov |
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Natalya Belyovtseva as Sasha, Liza's sister |
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Mikhail Massin as Forensic investigator |
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N. Kozyrev as Official |
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P. Kozyrev as Masha's father |
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Vasili Stepanov as Petushkov |
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O. Lenskaya as Masha's mother |
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Aleksandra Gribunina as |
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Nadezhda Lepetich as |
| Writing | Leo Tolstoy | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Vladimir Siversen | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Alexander Ryllo | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Cheslav Sabinsky | Screenplay |
| Directing | Cheslav Sabinsky | Director |
| Art | Aleksei Utkin | Production Design |