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The Living Corpse (1952)

The Living Corpse poster
Original title
Живой труп
Directed by
Vladimir Vengerov
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
2h 50m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man fakes his own death to escape his troubled marriage and society. Based on a play by Leo Tolstoy, this Soviet film follows the consequences of his deception.

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What happens

Cadavrul viu (titlul original: în rusă Живой труп) este un film spectacol dramatic sovietic în două serii (12 tablouri), al teatrului Academic de Dramă A. S. Pușkin din Leningrad, realizat în 1952 de regizorul Vladimir Vengherov, după drama omonimă a scriitorului Lev Tolstoi, protagoniști fiind actorii Nikolai Simonov și Galina Iniutina. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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