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The Living Corpse (1952) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 16, 1952

Original Title:
Живой труп

Alternate Titles:
Elävä ruumis
Zywy trup

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Lenfilm

Production Countries:
Soviet Union

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 170

Overview from TheMovieDB

Based on the play of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. 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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Production

Director:
Vladimir Vengerov

Director of Photography:
Yevgeni Shapiro

Production Design:
Semyon Malkin

Sound:
Aleksandr Bekker

Theatre Play:
Leo Tolstoy

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