The Living Corpse
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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.
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Cast
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Nikolai Simonov
Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov (Fedya)
Known for
Amphibian Man
Galina Iniutina
Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova (Liza)
Also in
Daylight Train
The Trial Should Continue
Elizaveta Time
Anna Pavlovna, Liza's Mother
Also in
The Forest
Coward
Klavdiya Trofimova
Sasha, Liza's Sister
Also in
The Forest
Let's Remember, Comrades
Anatoly Dubensky
Viktor Mikhailovich Karenin
Also in
Before Sundown
Elizaveta Gikhareva
Anna Dmitriyevna Karenina, Viktor's Mother
Also in
The City Turns the Lights On
The King, the Law and the Justice
Yakov Malyutin
Sergei Dmitriyevich Abrezkov, Knyaz
Also in
Pugachev
All Remains to People
Olga Lebzak
Masha the Gypsy
Also in
Simple People
Pirogov
Konstantin Adashevsky
Afremov
Known for
Cinderella
Aleksandr Chekayevsky
Ivan Petrovich Aleksandrov
Known for
Hamlet
Mikhail Yekaterininskiy
Petushkov the Artist
Also in
Mercy Train
The Property of Republic
Aleksand Kireyev
Artemyev
No other roles listed
Vladimir Vengerov Director · Leo Tolstoy Author Yevgeni Shapiro Cinematographer
First release June 16, 1952 · Produced in Russia · Original title Живой труп
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Живой труп
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 16, 1952
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
XC
November 28, 1952 · Theatrical
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