The Great Consoler

Overview

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.

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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