The New Babylon (Novyy Vavilon) (1929)
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64% of users liked it
(142 ratings)
In 1871, at the height of the Franco-Prussian War, a group of revolutionaries created the Paris Commune, an experiment in democratic government. An entire cross-section of Parisian citizenry comes alive during the rise and fall of this doomed effort, but the film especially focuses on the love… More In 1871, at the height of the Franco-Prussian War, a group of revolutionaries created the Paris Commune, an experiment in democratic government. An entire cross-section of Parisian citizenry comes alive during the rise and fall of this doomed effort, but the film especially focuses on the love affair between Louise, a shopgirl in the great department store known as the New Babylon, and a heroic young soldier.
- Directed By
- Grigori Kozintsev
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 30, 1929 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Matt Bailey, Not Coming to a Theater Near You
The film has all of the vigor and pure cinematic originality of Abel Gance's Napoleon without all the pretensions to greatness shouldered by that film.
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Cast
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Yelena Kuzmina
as Sales Girl
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Petr Sobolevsky
as Jean
- David Gutman
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Sofya Magarill
as The Soubrette
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Sergei Gerasimov
as Lutro
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Yanina Zheimo
as Therese
- Yevgeny Chervyakov
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Andrei Kostrichkin
as head clerk
- Oleg Zhakov
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Vsevolod Pudovkin
as Shop assistant
- Lyudmila Semenova
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A. Glushkova
as Laundress
