The Living Corpse (1952)
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.
Director: Vladimir Vengerov
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Nikolai Simonov as Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov (Fedya) |
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Galina Iniutina as Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova (Liza) |
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Yelizaveta Time as Anna Pavlovna, Liza's Mother |
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Klavdiya Trofimova as Sasha, Liza's Sister |
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Anatoly Dubensky as Viktor Mikhailovich Karenin |
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Elizaveta Gikhareva as Anna Dmitriyevna Karenina, Viktor's Mother |
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Yakov Malyutin as Sergei Dmitriyevich Abrezkov, Knyaz |
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Olga Lebzak as Masha the Gypsy |
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Konstantin Adashevsky as Afremov |
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Aleksandr Chekayevsky as Ivan Petrovich Aleksandrov |
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Mikhail Yekaterininskiy as Petushkov the Artist |
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Aleksand Kireyev as Artemyev |
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Bruno Frejndlikh as Judicial Investigator |
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Gennadi Michurin as Petrushin the Lawyer |
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Sergei Sorokin as Head of the Gypsy Choir |
| Camera | Yevgeni Shapiro | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Vladimir Vengerov | Director |
| Writing | Leo Tolstoy | Theatre Play |
| Art | Semyon Malkin | Production Design |
| Sound | Aleksandr Bekker | Sound |
