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

Tamara Makarova
Tamara Makarova
Can-can dancer (uncredited)
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Jean, French soldier
David Gutman
David Gutman
Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop
Andrei Kostrichkin
Andrei Kostrichkin
The main shop-assistant
Oleg Zhakov
Oleg Zhakov
National Guard's soldier (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)
Boris Azarov
Boris Azarov
Soldier (uncredited)
Emil Gal
Emil Gal
Bourgeois (uncredited)
Elena Deyneko
Elena Deyneko
(uncredited)
Lyudmila Semyonova
Lyudmila Semyonova
(uncredited)
Sofiya Magarill
Sofiya Magarill
An actress
Sergei Gerasimov
Sergei Gerasimov
Lutro, the journalist
Leonid Klochkov
Leonid Klochkov
Commander (uncredited)
Aleksandr Orlov
Aleksandr Orlov
"Menelay" (uncredited)
Boris Feodosyev
Boris Feodosyev
Officer (uncredited)
Yevgeni Chervyakov
Yevgeni Chervyakov
National Guard's soldier
Yelena Kuzmina
Yelena Kuzmina
Louise Poirier, the 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)