The New Babylon
7.2
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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28 people
Yelena Kuzmina
Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant
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Pyotr Sobolevsky
Jean, French soldier
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David Gutman
Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop
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Sofiya Magarill
An actress
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Andrei Kostrichkin
The main shop-assistant
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Sergei Gerasimov
Lutro, the journalist
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Yanina Zheymo
Therese, a seamstress
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The Snow Queen
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Arnold Arnold
Commune's Central Committee member
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Jolly Fellows
The Devil's Wheel
Boris Azarov
Soldier (uncredited)
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Bernshtein
Friko (uncredited)
Iraida Vinogradova
(uncredited)
Emil Gal
Bourgeois (uncredited)
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Grigori Kozintsev Director · Leonid Trauberg Director Dmitri Shostakovich Composer
First release March 18, 1929 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Languages No dialogue, Russian
Production
Sovkino
Production
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Новый Вавилон
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue · Russian
Release dates
Russia · March 18, 1929
Theatrical · Source: IMDB
No release date listed for United States.
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