The New Babylon

Jan 1, 1929

1h 32m

★ 5.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Sovkino

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Cast

Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant

Yelena Kuzmina

Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop

David Gutman

The main shop-assistant

Andrei Kostrichkin

An actress

Sofiya Magarill

Commune's Central Committee member

Arnold Arnold

Lutro, the journalist

Sergei Gerasimov

National Guard's officer

Yevgeni Chervyakov

Jean, the soldier

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Therese, a seamstress

Yanina Zheymo

National Guard's soldier

Oleg Zhakov

Police intendent

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Can-can dancer

Lyudmila Semyonova

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