92 minutes
11/17/1933
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.
Alexandra Khokhlova
as Dulcie
Konstantin Khokhlov
as Bill Porter
Ivan Novoseltsev
as Jim Valentine - aka Ralph D. Spenser
O. Rayevskaya
as Jim's mother
Vasili Kovrigin
as Warden
Andrey Fayt
as Detective Ben Price
Valentina Lopatina
as Sadie / Annabel's sister
Weyland Rodd Sr.
as Black convict
Andrei Gorchilin
as Convict
Galina Kravchenko
as Annabel Adams
Pyotr Galadzhev
as Banker Adams/ Reporter
Mikhail Doronin
as Innkeeper / Prosecutor / Inspector
Daniil Vvedenskiy
as Jailguard
Sergey Sletov
as Jailguard