The Living Corpse
2 hr 50 minDrama
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
DirectorVladimir Vengerov
