Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Fyodor Otsep Director
- Vsevolod Pudovkin as Fyodor Protasov
- Maria Jacobini as Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova
- Viola Garden as Sasha, Yelizaveta's sister
- Julia Serda as Anna Pavlovna
- Nato Vachnadze as Masha, gypsy girl
- Gustav Diessl as Karenin
- Vladimir Uralskiy as Petushkov
- Vera Maretskaya as Pretty lady
- Daniil Vvedenskiy as Artemyev
- Porfiri Podobed as Priest
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