The Great Consoler (1933)
Overview
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.
Cast
Alexandra Khokhlova
Dulcie
Konstantin Khokhlov
Bill Porter
Ivan Novoseltsev
Jim Valentine - aka Ralph D. Spenser
Vasiliy Kovrigin
Warden
Andrey Fayt
Detective Ben Price
Galina Kravchenko
Annabel Adams
Pyotr Galadzhev
Banker Adams/ Reporter
Mikhail Doronin
Innkeeper / Prosecutor / Inspector
Daniil Vvedenskiy
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