Russia / Jul 11, 1969
2h 14min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Svetlana Toma | Masha the gypsy |
| Vsevolod Kuznetsov | Afremov |
| Pantelejmon Krymov | officer |
| Aleksey Kozhevnikov | musician |
| Oleg Borisov | court investigator |
| Nikolai Boyarsky | Petushkov |
| Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy | Ivan Petrovich the genius |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Живой труп |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Lenfilm |
| Release date | 11 luglio 1969 |
| Executive producer | Mikhail Gendenshteyn |
| Writer | Vladimir Vengerov, Leo Tolstoy, Kheyli Elken |
| Editing | Stera Gorakova, Tamara Guseva |
| Cinematography | Genrikh Marandzhyan, S. Ivanov, Anatoliy Kudryavtsev |
| Assistant directors | V. Terentyev, M. Davydova, Ya. Nakhamchuk, Yevgeni Tatarsky, Vladimir Vengerov |
| Camera operators | S. Ivanov, Genrikh Marandzhyan, Anatoliy Kudryavtsev |
| Additional photography | Genrikh Marandzhyan, S. Ivanov, Anatoliy Kudryavtsev |
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| Production design | Marksen Gaukhman-Sverdlov, Nikolai Suvorov, Rimma Shtil, Vladimir Kostin, M. Struchkova |
| Art direction | Marksen Gaukhman-Sverdlov, Nikolai Suvorov, Rimma Shtil, Vladimir Kostin, M. Struchkova |
| Set decoration | Rimma Shtil, Marksen Gaukhman-Sverdlov, Nikolai Suvorov, Vladimir Kostin, M. Struchkova |
| Visual effects | Yuriy Borovkov, Mikhail Pokrovskiy |
| Music | Isaac Schwarts, Yevgeni Nesterov |
| Sound | Isaac Schwarts, Yevgeni Nesterov |
| Costume design | Liliya Moshkina, Nikolai Elenbogen, A. Bufetova |
| Makeup | Nikolai Elenbogen, A. Bufetova, Liliya Moshkina |
| Hairstyling | Nikolai Elenbogen, Liliya Moshkina, A. Bufetova |
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