Child of the Big City (1914)
Seamstress Mary dreams of a better life outside a sweatshop. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of the bourgeois Victor. She soon tires of him, and thanks to her, his money is almost gone. When he suggests settling down outside the big city, where his money could be enough for a modest living, she leaves him and picks up a new lover. A year later, he is living in a shabby, cold hovel, still pining away for her.
Director: Yevgeni Bauer
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Yelena Smirnova as Manetschka / Mary |
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Nina Kosljaninowa as Manetschka as a child |
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Mikhail Salarov as Viktor Krawzow |
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Arseniy Bibikov as Kramskoi, his friend |
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Emma Bauer as The dancer |
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Leonid Jost as The lackey |
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Lidiya Tridenskaya as The washerwoman |
| Directing | Yevgeni Bauer | Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Voznesensky | Writer |
| Camera | Boris Zavelev | Director of Photography |
| Art | Yevgeni Bauer | Production Design |
| Production | Aleksandr Khanzhonkov | Producer |