THE GREAT CONSOLER (1933)

The Great Consoler
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The Great Consoler
Drama
November 17, 1933
Russian
1h 32m
Soviet Union
Mezhrabpomfilm

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 & Characters

Ivan Novoseltsev

Jim Valentine - aka Ralph D. Spenser

O. Rayevskaya

Jim's mother

Andrey Fayt

Detective Ben Price

Valentina Lopatina

Sadie / Annabel's sister

Weyland Rodd Sr.

Black convict

Galina Kravchenko

Annabel Adams

Pyotr Galadzhev

Banker Adams/ Reporter

Mikhail Doronin

Innkeeper / Prosecutor / Inspector

Crew

Lev Kuleshov

Director

Zinovi Feldman

Original Music Composer

Konstantin Kuznetsov

Director of Photography