The Great Consoler

The Great Consoler

92 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

92 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 6.7
Producers Mezhrabpomfilm
Original title Великий утешитель
Directors Alexandra Khokhlova, Lev Kuleshov
Writers Lev Kuleshov, Aleksandr Kurs

Cast

Konstantin Khokhlov

as Bill Porter

Ivan Novoseltsev

as Jim Valentine - aka Ralph D. Spenser

O. Rayevskaya

as Jim's mother

Vasili Kovrigin

as Warden

Andrey Fayt

as Detective Ben Price

Valentina Lopatina

as Sadie / Annabel's sister

Weyland Rodd Sr.

as Black convict

Andrei Gorchilin

as Convict

Galina Kravchenko

as Annabel Adams

Pyotr Galadzhev

as Banker Adams/ Reporter

Mikhail Doronin

as Innkeeper / Prosecutor / Inspector

Daniil Vvedenskiy

as Jailguard

Sergey Sletov

as Jailguard