The New Babylon
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1/1/1929Runtime
92 minsOverview
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.
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A Soviet silent film that captures the tragic collision between personal desire and historical upheaval, using the Paris Commune as the crucible where a soldier and a revolutionary woman's love becomes impossible. It's a formally ambitious work that feels both intimate and monumental, designed to move viewers through visual storytelling and Shostakovich's score.
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Yelena Kuzmina
Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant
David Gutman
Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop
Andrei Kostrichkin
The main shop-assistant
Sofiya Magarill
An actress
Arnold Arnold
Commune's Central Committee member
Sergei Gerasimov
Lutro, the journalist
Yevgeni Chervyakov
National Guard's officer
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Jean, the soldier
Yanina Zheymo
Therese, a seamstress
Oleg Zhakov
National Guard's soldier
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Police intendent
Lyudmila Semyonova
Can-can dancer
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