The central character of the play, Fedor Protasov, is tormented by the belief that his wife Liza has never really chosen between him and the more conventional Victor Karenin, a rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he first falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer, Masha.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Vsevolod Pudovkin, Maria Jacobini, Viola Garden, Julia Serda, Nato Vachnadze, Gustav Diessl
Crew: Fyodor Otsep (Director), Anatoli Golovnya (Director of Photography), Phil Jutzi (Director of Photography), Sergei Kozlovsky (Art Direction), Viktor Simov (Art Direction), Leo Tolstoy (Theatre Play)
Country: Germany, Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Studio: Mezhrabpomfilm, Prometheus-Film-Verleih
Runtime: 82 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 14, 1929
IMDb: 5.8
Keywords:silent film
