Overview

The Russian nobleman Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov cannot put up with the hypocrisy of his environment, but is powerless to fight it. He begins to drink, leaves the house and gradually falls. The behavior of Protasov helps to bring his wife Liza closer to a longtime friend of the family, Viktor Karenin. Unable to endure the lies and humiliation associated with the upcoming divorce proceedings, Fedya pretends to commit suicide and seemed to forever leave his family. It is only due to the accident that it becomes known that Fedor Protasov is alive. Liza, reconciled with the death of her husband and became the wife of Karenin, is summoned to court on charges of duality. To stop the stupid and deceitful comedy of the court and rid the shame of innocent people, Protasov shoots himself.

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Cast

Nikolai Simonov

Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov (Fedya)

Galina Iniutina

Yelizaveta Andreyevna Protasova (Liza)

Klavdiya Trofimova

Sasha, Liza's Sister

Yakov Malyutin

Sergei Dmitriyevich Abrezkov, Knyaz

Olga Lebzak

Masha the Gypsy

Konstantin Adashevsky

Afremov

Aleksandr Chekayevsky

Ivan Petrovich Aleksandrov

Mikhail Yekaterininskiy

Petushkov the Artist

Bruno Frejndlikh

Judicial Investigator

Gennadi Michurin

Petrushin the Lawyer