A Corpse Living

Plot Summary

"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 Masha, gypsy woman

Vladimir Maksimov Fedor Protasov

Ossip Runitsch Viktor Mikhaylovich Karenin

Olga Rakhmanova Viktor's mother

Klavdiya Alekseyeva Liza