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.

Genres

Cast

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

Boris Barnet

Pickpocket