The New Babylon

Original title: Новый Вавилон

Duration: 92 min

Release date: 1929-01-01

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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.

Drama History

Новый Вавилон

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as Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant

Pyotr Sobolevsky

Pyotr Sobolevsky

as Jean, French soldier

as Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop

Sofiya Magarill

Sofiya Magarill

Andrei Kostrichkin

Andrei Kostrichkin

as The main shop-assistant

Sergei Gerasimov

Sergei Gerasimov

as Lutro, the journalist

as Therese, a seamstress

as Commune's Central Committee member

as Soldier (uncredited)

as Friko (uncredited)

Iraida Vinogradova

Iraida Vinogradova

as (uncredited)

as Bourgeois (uncredited)

as Washerwoman (uncredited)

as Poirier, an old man (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as National Guard's soldier (uncredited)

Anna Zarzhitskaya

Anna Zarzhitskaya

as Flower girl (uncredited)

Leonid Klochkov

Leonid Klochkov

as Commander (uncredited)

Tamara Makarova

Tamara Makarova

as Can-can dancer (uncredited)

Aleksandr Orlov

Aleksandr Orlov

as "Menelay" (uncredited)

as Lady at the ball (uncredited)

Boris Poslavsky

Boris Poslavsky

as Officer (uncredited)

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

as Eastern wing shop-assistant (uncredited)

Natalya Rashevskaya

Natalya Rashevskaya

as Washerwoman (uncredited)

Roman Rubinshteyn

Roman Rubinshteyn

as Singer (uncredited)

Lyudmila Semyonova

Lyudmila Semyonova

as (uncredited)

Boris Feodosyev

Boris Feodosyev

as Officer (uncredited)

Yevgeni Chervyakov

Yevgeni Chervyakov

as National Guard's soldier

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Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

Original Music Composer

Leonid Trauberg

Leonid Trauberg

Grigori Kozintsev

Grigori Kozintsev

Leonid Trauberg

Leonid Trauberg

Grigori Kozintsev

Grigori Kozintsev

Director of Photography

Production Design

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