Fjodor Protassow wants to divorce his wife, so that she can be happy with another man. But the church won't allow a divorce, so he fakes his own death, becoming a "living corpse".
Right off the bat, if you’re looking for something fast-paced or, you know, a happy ending, The Living Corpse isn’t it. This one is for the folks who appreciate a deeply felt, *very* old-school tragedy, especially if you’re into the kind of moral quandaries only classic literature — here, Tolstoy’s play — can really se...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Fyodor Otsep
Charles Horan
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"Right off the bat, if you’re looking for something fast-paced or, you know, a happy ending, The Living Corpse isn’t it. This one is for the folks who appreciate a deeply felt, *very* old-school tragedy, especially if you’re into the kind of moral quandaries only classic literature — here, Tolstoy’s play — can really serve up. If you just want to relax after a long day, you might wanna pick something else. 💔 The whole premise feels ripped from a novel, which, well, it is. We meet Fjodor Protasso..."
Anatoli Marienhof, Fyodor Otsep, Lev Tolstoy, Boris Gusman
Germany
1928 · IMDb 7.2
