The Great Consoler

The Great Consoler

95 mins | Drama | Nov. 17, 1933

The Great Consoler is Lev Kuleshov’s most personal film reflecting both the facts of his life and his thoughts about the place of the artist in contemporary reality. It was the only film in the Soviet cinema of those years that raised the question of what role a creative person played in society.

The Great Consoler

95 mins | Drama | Nov. 17, 1933

The Great Consoler
The Great Consoler is Lev Kuleshov’s most personal film reflecting both the facts of his life and his thoughts about the place of the artist in contemporary reality. It was the only film in the Soviet cinema of those years that raised the question of what role a creative person played in society.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Mezhrabpomfilm
Original title Великий утешитель
Directors Lev Kuleshov
Writers

Cast

Konstantin Khokhlov

as Bill Porter

Ivan Novoseltsev

as Jim Valentine - aka Ralph D. Spenser

Vasili Kovrigin

as Warden

Andrey Fayt

as Det. Ben Price

Daniil Vvedenskiy

as Jailguard

Weyland Rodd

as Black convict

O. Rayevskaya

as Jim's mother

S. Sletov

as Jailguard

Galina Kravchenko

as Annabel Adams

Pyotr Galadzhev

as E. Adams - banker / reporter

Vera Lopatina

as Sadie

Mikhail Doronin

as Innkeeper

Andrei Gorchilin

as Convict