Tsarist Russia: Lisa lives apart from her husband Fedya, who drinks too much, wastes his money and hangs around with gypsies. Her mother is pushing for a divorce, especially as her childhood friend Viktor Karenin, a well-to-do and wealthy man, loves her and would take her as his wife. Lisa's sister Sasha, on the other hand, advises her to keep Fedya...
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Helmuth Lohner
Fedja
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Babeck
Hannibal Brooks
Marianne Nentwich
Lisa
Also in
Ringstraßenpalais
The Butcher
Hartmut Becker
Wiktor Karenin
Known for
Escape from Sobibor
Triumph of the Spirit
Lola Müthel
Anna Karenina
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From the Life of the Marionettes
Lukas Ammann
Fürst Abreskow
Known for
Day of Anger
Angela Salloker
Anna Pawlowna
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Joan of Arc
The Broken Jug
Anita Lochner
Sascha
Known for
Deep End
Sabine von Maydell
Mascha
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We
Engels & Consorten
Bruno Dallansky
Untersuchungsrichter
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Via Mala
Novellen aus dem wilden Westen
Otto Schenk
Iwan Petrowitsch Alexandrow
Also in
Meiberger: Chasing Minds
Tafelspitz
Karl Merkatz
Iwan
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The Butcher
Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga
Jennifer Minetti
Nastassja
Also in
Der rote Schal
Madrid
Otto Schenk Director · Leo Tolstoy Story
First release June 26, 1981 · Produced in Germany · Original title Der lebende Leichnam
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BR
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Germany
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Original title
Der lebende Leichnam
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · June 26, 1981
TV · ARD
No release date listed for United States.
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