The New Babylon

Name: The New Babylon
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1929
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.1

1929 · 92 min

Drama · History

★ 6.1

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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.

Crew

Director Grigori Kozintsev
Director Leonid Trauberg
Writer Leonid Trauberg
Writer Grigori Kozintsev
Director of Photography Andrey Moskvin

Cast

Yelena Kuzmina
Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Jean, French soldier
David Gutman
Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop
Sofiya Magarill
An actress
Andrei Kostrichkin
The main shop-assistant
Sergei Gerasimov
Lutro, the journalist
Yanina Zheymo
Therese, a seamstress
Arnold Arnold
Commune's Central Committee member
Boris Azarov
Soldier (uncredited)
B
Bernshtein
Friko (uncredited)
I
Iraida Vinogradova
(uncredited)
Emil Gal
Bourgeois (uncredited)

Crew

Director — Grigori Kozintsev
Director — Leonid Trauberg
Writer — Leonid Trauberg
Writer — Grigori Kozintsev
Director of Photography — Andrey Moskvin

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