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The Great Consoler

1933 · 92 min · Director: Lev Kuleshov

The Great Consoler (1933) is a drama, directed by Lev Kuleshov. It stars Alexandra Khokhlova and Konstantin Khokhlov. The 92-minute film holds an audience score of 5.2/10.

What The Great Consoler Is About

The film is counted as its director’s most personal work; it carries traces of his own life and reflects his thinking about the artist’s place in the reality around him. It is remembered as the only production in the Soviet cinema of those years to ask openly what role a creative person plays in society. The account folds a writer’s story together with what he writes; the invented and the lived keep changing places. It was made in the passage from silence to sound and its construction is experimental. How far an artist bends the truth while offering consolation is the film’s real matter. Alexandra Khokhlova plays the lead in Lev Kuleshov’s ninety two minute Soviet film, completed in 1933.

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What is The Great Consoler about?

The film is counted as its director’s most personal work; it carries traces of his own life and reflects his thinking about the artist’s place in the reality around him. It is remembered as the only production in the Soviet cinema of those years to ask openly what role a creative person plays in society.

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How long is The Great Consoler?

The Great Consoler runs for 92 minutes (1h 32m).

When did The Great Consoler come out?

The Great Consoler was released in 1933.

Who directed The Great Consoler?

The Great Consoler was directed by Lev Kuleshov.

Who stars in The Great Consoler?

The Great Consoler stars Alexandra Khokhlova, Konstantin Khokhlov, Ivan Novoseltsev, O. Rayevskaya.

What is The Great Consoler's rating?

The Great Consoler holds 6.7/10 on IMDb and 5.2/10 on TMDB. Its Pulse Score is 67 out of 100.

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