Drama
The Great Consoler
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.
Directed by Lev Kuleshov
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User score
14 votes
Status
Released
Released
November 17, 1933
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
Russian
Top cast
Alexandra Khokhlova
Dulcie
Konstantin Khokhlov
Bill Porter
Ivan Novoseltsev
Jim Valentine - aka Ralph D. Spenser
O. Rayevskaya
Jim's mother
Vasiliy Kovrigin
Warden
Andrey Fayt
Detective Ben Price
Valentina Lopatina
Sadie / Annabel's sister
Weyland Rodd Sr.
Black convict
Andrei Gorchilin
Convict
Galina Kravchenko
Annabel Adams
Pyotr Galadzhev
Banker Adams/ Reporter
Mikhail Doronin
Innkeeper / Prosecutor / Inspector
Daniil Vvedenskiy
Jailguard
Sergey Slyotov
Jailguard
