The New Babylon

5.9 / 10

(25 votes)

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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Drama,

History

Duration:

92 minutes

Year:

1929

Director:

Grigori Kozintsev

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Company:

Sovkino

Cast:
Yelena Kuzmina

Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Jean, French soldier

David Gutman

Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop

Sofiya Magarill

An actress

Andrei Kostrichkin

The main shop-assistant

Crew:
Dmitri Shostakovich

Original Music Composer

Grigori Kozintsev

Director

Leonid Trauberg

Director

Leonid Trauberg

Writer

Grigori Kozintsev

Writer