
1929 · Grigori Kozintsev · 92 min
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.
Yelena KuzminaLouise Poirier, the shop-assistant
Pyotr SobolevskyJean, French soldier
David GutmanOwner of the 'New Babylon' shop
Sofiya MagarillAn actress
Andrei KostrichkinThe main shop-assistant
Sergei GerasimovLutro, the journalist
Yanina ZheymoTherese, a seamstress
Arnold ArnoldCommune's Central Committee member
Boris AzarovSoldier (uncredited)BernshteinFriko (uncredited)Iraida Vinogradova(uncredited)
Emil GalBourgeois (uncredited)A. GlushkovaWasherwoman (uncredited)S. GusevPoirier, an old man (uncredited)
Elena Deyneko(uncredited)