The New Babylon

The New Babylon

92 mins | Drama, War, History | Jan. 1, 1929

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

92 mins | Drama, War, History | Jan. 1, 1929

The New Babylon
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Sovkino
Original title Новый Вавилон
Directors Leonid Trauberg, Grigori Kozintsev
Writers Leonid Trauberg, Grigori Kozintsev

Cast

Yelena Kuzmina

as Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant

David Gutman

as Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop

Andrei Kostrichkin

as The main shop-assistant

Sofiya Magarill

as An actress

Arnold Arnold

as Commune's Central Committee member

Sergei Gerasimov

as Lutro, the journalist

Yevgeni Chervyakov

as National Guard's officer

Pyotr Sobolevsky

as Jean, the soldier

Yanina Zhejmo

as Therese, a seamstress

Oleg Zhakov

as National Guard's soldier

Vsevolod Pudovkin

as Police intendent

Lyudmila Semyonova

as Can-can dancer

A. Glushkova

as Washerwoman

Emil Gal

as Bourgeois

S. Gusev

as Poirier, an old man