---
title: 'The New Babylon (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Grigori Kozintsev'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-new-babylon-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020230/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The New Babylon (1929)

1929 · 80 min · Drama, War, History · Soviet Union

Original title: Новый Вавилон

## Synopsis

The New Babylon is a 1929 silent historical drama film written and directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. The film deals with the 1871 Paris Commune and the events leading to it, and follows the encounter and tragic fate of two lovers separated by the barricades of the Commune.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Grigori Kozintsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/grigori-kozintsev), [Leonid Trauberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-trauberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Grigori Kozintsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/grigori-kozintsev), [Leonid Trauberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-trauberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dmitri Shostakovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitri-shostakovich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Andrei Moskvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-moskvin)

## Cast

- [David Gutman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-gutman)
- [Tamara Makarova](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamara-makarova)
- [Pyotr Sobolevsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/pyotr-sobolevsky)
- [Andrei Kostrichkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-kostrichkin)
- [Sergei Gerasimov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-gerasimov)
- [Oleg Zhakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-zhakov)
- [Lyudmila Semyonova](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyudmila-semyonova)
- [Yelena Kuzmina](https://cinepixo.com/people/yelena-kuzmina)
- [Yanina Zhejmo](https://cinepixo.com/people/yanina-zhejmo)
- [Vsevolod Pudovkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vsevolod-pudovkin)
- [Sofia Magarill](https://cinepixo.com/people/sofia-magarill)
- [Yevgeni Chervyakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeni-chervyakov)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-new-babylon-1929
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