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A Corpse Living

A Corpse Living (1918)

1h 20m | PG-13

⭐ 10 / 10

"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.

Director: Cheslav Sabinsky

Studio: D. І. Kharitonov

Genre: Drama, Romance

Video: 720p

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Cast

Vera Kholodnaya

Vera Kholodnaya

as Masha, gypsy woman

Vladimir Maksimov

Vladimir Maksimov

as Fedor Protasov

Ossip Runitsch

Ossip Runitsch

as Viktor Mikhaylovich Karenin

Olga Rakhmanova

Olga Rakhmanova

as Viktor's mother

Клавдия Алексеева

Клавдия Алексеева

as Liza

Ivan Khudoleyev

Ivan Khudoleyev

as Mikhail Andeyevich Afremov