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The New Babylon

1929·Drama·1h 32m
7.1
★
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.
Directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg
soviet union
paris commune
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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)
Emil Gal
Emil Gal
Bourgeois (uncredited)
Elena Deyneko
Elena Deyneko
(uncredited)
Oleg Zhakov
Oleg Zhakov
National Guard's soldier (uncredited)

Crew

Grigori Kozintsev
Grigori Kozintsev
Director
Leonid Trauberg
Leonid Trauberg
Director
Grigori Kozintsev
Grigori Kozintsev
Writer
Leonid Trauberg
Leonid Trauberg
Writer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Andrey Moskvin
Andrey Moskvin
Director of Photography
Evgeny Eney
Evgeny Eney
Production Design

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cyotee
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9.0★ · 05/30/26
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David Poyas
David Poyas
9.0★ · 03/15/25
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Krzysiek
7.2★ · 06/05/24
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