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

Vasiliy Kovrigin

Warden

Andrey Fayt

Detective Ben Price

Galina Kravchenko

Annabel Adams

Pyotr Galadzhev

Banker Adams/ Reporter

Mikhail Doronin

Innkeeper / Prosecutor / Inspector

Daniil Vvedenskiy

Jailguard