The New Babylon (1929)
1929 · 1h 32m · Drama, History
Genres: Drama, History
In the short-lived Commune of Paris, a conscripted soldier falls in love with a Communard saleswoman. As the army cracks down on the revolutionaries, the soldier is forced to fight against the Commune, and the pair's love is put to the test.
Director: Leonid Trauberg, Grigori Kozintsev
Writers: Leonid Trauberg, Grigori Kozintsev
Music by: Dmitri Shostakovich
Cinematography: Andrey Moskvin
Cast
Yelena Kuzmina as Louise Poirier, the shop-assistantPyotr Sobolevsky as Jean, French soldierDavid Gutman as Owner of the 'New Babylon' shopSofiya Magarill as An actressAndrei Kostrichkin as The main shop-assistantSergei Gerasimov as Lutro, the journalistYanina Zheymo as Therese, a seamstressArnold Arnold as Commune's Central Committee memberBoris Azarov as Soldier (uncredited)Bernshtein as Friko (uncredited)Iraida Vinogradova as (uncredited)Emil Gal as Bourgeois (uncredited)More like this
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