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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

6/10

Release Date

01 January 1929

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Yelena Kuzmina

Yelena Kuzmina

Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant

David Gutman

David Gutman

Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop

Andrei Kostrichkin

Andrei Kostrichkin

The main shop-assistant

Sofiya Magarill

Sofiya Magarill

An actress

Arnold Arnold

Arnold Arnold

Commune's Central Committee member

Sergei Gerasimov

Sergei Gerasimov

Lutro, the journalist

Yevgeni Chervyakov

Yevgeni Chervyakov

National Guard's officer

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Jean, the soldier

Yanina Zheymo

Yanina Zheymo

Therese, a seamstress

Oleg Zhakov

Oleg Zhakov

National Guard's soldier

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Police intendent

Lyudmila Semyonova

Lyudmila Semyonova

Can-can dancer

A. Glushkova

A. Glushkova

Washerwoman

Emil Gal

Emil Gal

Bourgeois

S. Gusev

S. Gusev

Poirier, an old man

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