Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation— Reviewed
The 92nd Academy Awards had many strong contenders for best animated short. But which Oscar nominated short wins for diversity and inclusion?
The Living Corpse
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Anatoli Marienhof, Boris Gusman
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Runtime:82 minutes
Studio:Mezhrabpomfilm, Prometheus-Film-Verleih
Cast
Fyodor Otsep
Director
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Fyodor Protasov
Maria Jacobini
Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova
Viola Garden
Sasha, Yelizaveta's sister
Julia Serda
Anna Pavlovna
Nato Vachnadze
Masha, gypsy girl
Gustav Diessl
Karenin
Vladimir Uralskiy
Petushkov
Vera Maretskaya
Pretty lady
Daniil Vvedenskiy
Artemyev
Porfiri Podobed
Priest
Pyotr Repnin
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