The Living Corpse (1929 film)

The Living Corpse
Directed byFyodor Otsep
Written by
Starring
Cinematography
Music byWerner Schmidt-Boelcke
Production
companies
Distributed byPrometheus-Film
Release date
  • 26 March 1929 (1929-03-26)
Running time
82 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • Soviet Union
Languages

The Living Corpse (German: Der lebende Leichnam, Russian: Живой труп, romanizedZhivoy trup) is a 1929 German-Soviet silent drama film directed by Fyodor Otsep and starring Vsevolod Pudovkin, Maria Jacobini and Viola Garden. It is based on Leo Tolstoy's play The Living Corpse that posthumously debuted in 1911. It was made as a co-production between the Russian-based Mezhrabpomfilm and the Communist-backed German company Prometheus Film.