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A Corpse Living

1918

80 minutes

DramaRomance

Overview

"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.

Top Cast

Vera Kholodnaya headshot

Vera Kholodnaya

Masha, gypsy woman

Vladimir Maksimov headshot

Vladimir Maksimov

Fedor Protasov

Ossip Runitsch headshot

Ossip Runitsch

Viktor Mikhaylovich Karenin

Olga Rakhmanova headshot

Olga Rakhmanova

Viktor's mother

Клавдия Алексеева headshot

Клавдия Алексеева

Liza

Ivan Khudoleyev headshot

Ivan Khudoleyev

Mikhail Andeyevich Afremov

Arseniy Bibikov headshot

Arseniy Bibikov

Sergey Dmitrievich Abrezkov

Natalya Belyovtseva headshot

Natalya Belyovtseva

Sasha, Liza's sister

Mikhail Massin headshot

Mikhail Massin

Forensic investigator

N. Kozyrev headshot

N. Kozyrev

Official

P. Kozyrev headshot

P. Kozyrev

Masha's father

Vasili Stepanov headshot

Vasili Stepanov

Petushkov

O. Lenskaya headshot

O. Lenskaya

Masha's mother

Aleksandra Gribunina headshot

Aleksandra Gribunina

Nadezhda Lepetich headshot

Nadezhda Lepetich