Drama History
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.
Directed by
Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
Written by
Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
Tamara Makarova
Can-can dancer (uncredited)
Oleg Zhakov
National Guard's soldier (uncredited)
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Jean, French soldier
Boris Feodosyev
Officer (uncredited)
Lyudmila Semyonova
(uncredited)
Yelena Kuzmina
Louise Poirier, the shop-assistant
Anna Zarzhitskaya
Flower girl (uncredited)
Yanina Zheymo
Therese, a seamstress
David Gutman
Owner of the 'New Babylon' shop
Boris Azarov
Soldier (uncredited)
Sofiya Magarill
An actress
Andrei Kostrichkin
The main shop-assistant
Aleksandr Orlov
"Menelay" (uncredited)
Arnold Arnold
Commune's Central Committee member
Elena Deyneko
(uncredited)
Natalya Rashevskaya
Washerwoman (uncredited)
Emil Gal
Bourgeois (uncredited)
Boris Poslavsky
Officer (uncredited)
Leonid Klochkov
Commander (uncredited)
Ida Penzo
Lady at the ball (uncredited)
Bernshtein
Friko (uncredited)
Iraida Vinogradova
(uncredited)
A. Glushkova
Washerwoman (uncredited)
S. Gusev
Poirier, an old man (uncredited)
Roman Rubinshteyn
Singer (uncredited)

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