The New Babylon

The New Babylon

1929-03-18 92 min ★ 6.1
DramaHistory

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.

Cast

Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Eastern wing shop-assistant (uncredited)
Boris Feodosyev
Boris Feodosyev
Officer (uncredited)
David Gutman
David Gutman
Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop
Sergei Gerasimov
Sergei Gerasimov
Lutro, the journalist
Boris Azarov
Boris Azarov
Soldier (uncredited)
Emil Gal
Emil Gal
Bourgeois (uncredited)
Leonid Klochkov
Leonid Klochkov
Commander (uncredited)
Boris Poslavsky
Boris Poslavsky
Officer (uncredited)
Lyudmila Semyonova
Lyudmila Semyonova
(uncredited)
Yelena Kuzmina
Yelena Kuzmina
Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Jean, French soldier
Andrei Kostrichkin
Andrei Kostrichkin
The main shop-assistant
Yanina Zheymo
Yanina Zheymo
Therese, a seamstress
Arnold Arnold
Arnold Arnold
Commune's Central Committee member
Anna Zarzhitskaya
Anna Zarzhitskaya
Flower girl (uncredited)
Sofiya Magarill
Sofiya Magarill
An actress
Elena Deyneko
Elena Deyneko
(uncredited)
Oleg Zhakov
Oleg Zhakov
National Guard's soldier (uncredited)
Aleksandr Orlov
Aleksandr Orlov
"Menelay" (uncredited)
Ida Penzo
Ida Penzo
Lady at the ball (uncredited)
Natalya Rashevskaya
Natalya Rashevskaya
Washerwoman (uncredited)
Yevgeni Chervyakov
Yevgeni Chervyakov
National Guard's soldier
Tamara Makarova
Tamara Makarova
Can-can dancer (uncredited)