

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

Pyotr Galadzhev
Banker Adams/ Reporter

Mikhail Doronin
Innkeeper / Prosecutor / Inspector
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