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The New Babylon

(1929)

March 18, 1929 1h 32m
61%
TMDB Score

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.

Leonid Trauberg

Director

Top Billed Cast

YK

Yelena Kuzmina

Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant

PS

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Jean, French soldier

DG

David Gutman

Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop

SM

Sofiya Magarill

An actress

AK

Andrei Kostrichkin

The main shop-assistant

SG

Sergei Gerasimov

Lutro, the journalist

YZ

Yanina Zheymo

Therese, a seamstress

AA

Arnold Arnold

Commune's Central Committee member

BA

Boris Azarov

Soldier (uncredited)

B

Bernshtein

Friko (uncredited)