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.

Drama History

Yelena Kuzmina

(Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant)

Pyotr Sobolevsky

(Jean, French soldier)

David Gutman

(Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop)

Sofiya Magarill

(An actress)

Andrei Kostrichkin

(The main shop-assistant)

Sergei Gerasimov

(Lutro, the journalist)

Yanina Zheymo

(Therese, a seamstress)

Arnold Arnold

(Commune's Central Committee member)

Boris Azarov

(Soldier (uncredited))

Bernshtein

(Friko (uncredited))

Iraida Vinogradova

((uncredited))

Emil Gal

(Bourgeois (uncredited))

A. Glushkova

(Washerwoman (uncredited))

S. Gusev

(Poirier, an old man (uncredited))

Elena Deyneko

((uncredited))

Oleg Zhakov

(National Guard's soldier (uncredited))

Anna Zarzhitskaya

(Flower girl (uncredited))

Leonid Klochkov

(Commander (uncredited))

Tamara Makarova

(Can-can dancer (uncredited))

Aleksandr Orlov

("Menelay" (uncredited))

Ida Penzo

(Lady at the ball (uncredited))

Boris Poslavsky

(Officer (uncredited))

Vsevolod Pudovkin

(Eastern wing shop-assistant (uncredited))

Natalya Rashevskaya

(Washerwoman (uncredited))

Roman Rubinshteyn

(Singer (uncredited))

Lyudmila Semyonova

((uncredited))

Boris Feodosyev

(Officer (uncredited))

Yevgeni Chervyakov

(National Guard's soldier)