The New Babylon
1929, RU. Directed by Leonid Trauberg & Grigori Kozintsev.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- RU
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Leonid TraubergDirector
- Grigori KozintsevDirector
- 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)
Details
- Released
- 18 March 1929
- Original title
- Новый Вавилон
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Leonid Trauberg, Grigori Kozintsev
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The New Babylon runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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The New Babylon isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 March 1929. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The New Babylon?
The New Babylon (1929) was directed by Leonid Trauberg and Grigori Kozintsev and stars Yelena Kuzmina, Pyotr Sobolevsky, David Gutman.