The Living Corpse (1952)

The Living Corpse (1952)

1952-06-16 Soviet Union 170 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Николай Симонов is Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov (Fedya)
Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov (Fedya)
Galina Iniutina is Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova (Liza)
Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova (Liza)
Yelizaveta Time is Anna Pavlovna, Liza's Mother
Anna Pavlovna, Liza's Mother
Klavdiya Trofimova is Sasha, Liza's Sister
Sasha, Liza's Sister
Anatoly Dubensky is Viktor Mikhailovich Karenin
Viktor Mikhailovich Karenin
Елизавета Жихарева is Anna Dmitriyevna Karenina, Viktor's Mother
Anna Dmitriyevna Karenina, Viktor's Mother
Yakov Malyutin is Sergei Dmitriyevich Abrezkov, Knyaz
Sergei Dmitriyevich Abrezkov, Knyaz
Olga Lebzak is Masha the Gypsy
Masha the Gypsy
Aleksandr Chekayevsky is Ivan Petrovich Aleksandrov
Ivan Petrovich Aleksandrov