The Great Consoler
Storyline
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.
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
Daniil Vvedenskiy
Jailguard
Sergey Slyotov
Jailguard