The Living Corpse

The Living Corpse

134 mins | Drama | July 11, 1969

Based on the play of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. According to Fyodor Protasov, the surrounding life is riddled with dirt and falsehood. He does not want to participate "in all this dirty trick", he does not have the courage to fight it, and he chooses the third way — to stage suicide.

The Living Corpse

134 mins | Drama | July 11, 1969

The Living Corpse
Based on the play of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. According to Fyodor Protasov, the surrounding life is riddled with dirt and falsehood. He does not want to participate "in all this dirty trick", he does not have the courage to fight it, and he chooses the third way — to stage suicide.
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Живой труп
Directors Vladimir Vengerov
Writers Vladimir Vengerov, Leo Tolstoy

Cast

Aleksey Batalov

as Fyodor Protasov (Fedya)

Alla Demidova

as Liza

Oleg Basilashvili

as Viktor Karenin

Lidiya Shtykan

as Anna Pavlovna

Elena Chyornaya

as Sasha

Sofiya Pilyavskaya

as Anna Dmitrievna Karenina

Evgeniy Kuznetsov

as Prince Abrezkov

Svetlana Toma

as Masha the gypsy

Vsevolod Kuznetsov

as Afremov

Pantelejmon Krymov

as officer

Aleksey Kozhevnikov

as musician

Oleg Borisov

as court investigator

Nikolai Boyarsky

as Petushkov

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

as Ivan Petrovich the genius