The Great Consoler (1933)
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.
Director: Lev Kuleshov
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Alexandra Khokhlova as Dulcie |
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Konstantin Khokhlov as Bill Porter |
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Ivan Novoseltsev as Jim Valentine - aka Ralph D. Spenser |
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O. Rayevskaya as Jim's mother |
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Vasiliy Kovrigin as Warden |
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Andrey Fayt as Detective Ben Price |
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Valentina Lopatina as Sadie / Annabel's sister |
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Weyland Rodd Sr. as Black convict |
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Andrei Gorchilin as Convict |
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Galina Kravchenko as Annabel Adams |
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Pyotr Galadzhev as Banker Adams/ Reporter |
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Mikhail Doronin as Innkeeper / Prosecutor / Inspector |
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Daniil Vvedenskiy as Jailguard |
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Sergey Slyotov as Jailguard |
| Directing | Lev Kuleshov | Director |
| Sound | Zinovi Feldman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Konstantin Kuznetsov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lev Kuleshov | Production Design |
| Directing | Alexandra Khokhlova | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Kurs | Writer |
| Writing | Lev Kuleshov | Writer |
| Camera | A. Kapustyanskiy | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Leonid Obolensky | Sound |
| Sound | Nikolai Ozornov | Sound |
| Sound | Yu. Miller | Sound |
| Sound | Leonid Obolensky | Sound Director |
| Production | Moisey Aleynikov | Producer |