A Corpse Living (1918)

9.5/10 80 min Drama Romance

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.

Cast

Vera Kholodnaya

Masha, gypsy woman

Vladimir Maksimov

Fedor Protasov

Ossip Runitsch

Viktor Mikhaylovich Karenin

Klavdiya Alekseyeva

Liza

Ivan Khudoleyev

Mikhail Andeyevich Afremov

Arseniy Bibikov

Sergey Dmitrievich Abrezkov

Natalya Belyovtseva

Sasha, Liza's sister

Mikhail Massin

Forensic investigator

Vasili Stepanov

Petushkov

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