The New Babylon

The New Babylon

1929
1h 32min

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.

The New Babylon

Storyline

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
Yelena Kuzmina
Yelena Kuzmina
Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Jean, French soldier
David Gutman
Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop
Sofiya Magarill
Sofiya Magarill
An actress
Andrei Kostrichkin
Andrei Kostrichkin
The main shop-assistant
Sergei Gerasimov
Sergei Gerasimov
Lutro, the journalist
Yanina Zheymo
Yanina Zheymo
Therese, a seamstress
Arnold Arnold
Arnold Arnold
Commune's Central Committee member
Boris Azarov
Soldier (uncredited)
Bernshtein
Friko (uncredited)
Iraida Vinogradova
(uncredited)
Emil Gal
Emil Gal
Bourgeois (uncredited)
A. Glushkova
Washerwoman (uncredited)
S. Gusev
Poirier, an old man (uncredited)
Elena Deyneko
(uncredited)
Oleg Zhakov
Oleg Zhakov
National Guard's soldier (uncredited)
Anna Zarzhitskaya
Anna Zarzhitskaya
Flower girl (uncredited)
Leonid Klochkov
Commander (uncredited)
Tamara Makarova
Tamara Makarova
Can-can dancer (uncredited)
Aleksandr Orlov
Aleksandr Orlov
"Menelay" (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
Washerwoman (uncredited)
Roman Rubinstain
Singer (uncredited)
Lyudmila Semyonova
Lyudmila Semyonova
(uncredited)
Boris Feodosyev
Officer (uncredited)
Yevgeni Chervyakov
Yevgeni Chervyakov
National Guard's soldier
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