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The Living Corpse (1969)

The Living Corpse poster
Original title
Живой труп
Directed by
Vladimir Vengerov
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
2h 23m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man disappears from his own life, faking his death so his wife can remarry. His return years later disrupts their new existence.

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What happens

The Living Corpse (Russian: Живой труп, romanized: Zhivoy trup) is a 1968 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Vengerov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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