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The New Babylon
The New Babylon

The New Babylon

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

5.896/10

Release Date

01 January 1929

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Yelena Kuzmina

Yelena Kuzmina

Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Jean, French soldier

David Gutman

David Gutman

Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop

Sofiya Magarill

Sofiya Magarill

An actress

Andrei Kostrichkin

Andrei Kostrichkin

The main shop-assistant

Sergei Gerasimov

Sergei Gerasimov

Lutro, the journalist

Yanina Zheymo

Yanina Zheymo

Therese, a seamstress

Arnold Arnold

Arnold Arnold

Commune's Central Committee member

Boris Azarov

Boris Azarov

Soldier (uncredited)

Bernshtein

Bernshtein

Friko (uncredited)

Iraida Vinogradova

Iraida Vinogradova

(uncredited)

Emil Gal

Emil Gal

Bourgeois (uncredited)

A. Glushkova

A. Glushkova

Washerwoman (uncredited)

S. Gusev

S. Gusev

Poirier, an old man (uncredited)

Elena Deyneko

Elena Deyneko

(uncredited)

Oleg Zhakov

Oleg Zhakov

National Guard's soldier (uncredited)

Anna Zarzhitskaya

Anna Zarzhitskaya

Flower girl (uncredited)

Leonid Klochkov

Leonid Klochkov

Commander (uncredited)

Tamara Makarova

Tamara Makarova

Can-can dancer (uncredited)

Aleksandr Orlov

Aleksandr Orlov

"Menelay" (uncredited)

Ida Penzo

Ida Penzo

Lady at the ball (uncredited)

Boris Poslavsky

Boris Poslavsky

Officer (uncredited)

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Eastern wing shop-assistant (uncredited)

Natalya Rashevskaya

Natalya Rashevskaya

Washerwoman (uncredited)

Roman Rubinshteyn

Roman Rubinshteyn

Singer (uncredited)

Lyudmila Semyonova

Lyudmila Semyonova

(uncredited)

Boris Feodosyev

Boris Feodosyev

Officer (uncredited)

Yevgeni Chervyakov

Yevgeni Chervyakov

National Guard's soldier

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