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The New Babylon
Genres
DramaHistory
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
92 min
Release Date
1929-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
24
Vote Average
5.896
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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)
Bernshtein
Friko (uncredited)
Iraida Vinogradova
(uncredited)
Emil Gal
Bourgeois (uncredited)
A. Glushkova
Washerwoman (uncredited)
S. Gusev
Poirier, an old man (uncredited)
Elena Deyneko
(uncredited)
Oleg Zhakov
National Guard's soldier (uncredited)
Anna Zarzhitskaya
Flower girl (uncredited)
Leonid Klochkov
Commander (uncredited)
Tamara Makarova
Can-can dancer (uncredited)
Aleksandr Orlov
"Menelay" (uncredited)
Ida Penzo
Lady at the ball (uncredited)
Boris Poslavsky
Officer (uncredited)
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Eastern wing shop-assistant (uncredited)
Natalya Rashevskaya
Washerwoman (uncredited)
Roman Rubinshteyn
Singer (uncredited)
Lyudmila Semyonova
(uncredited)
Boris Feodosyev
Officer (uncredited)
Yevgeni Chervyakov
National Guard's soldier
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