The Great Consoler

The Great Consoler

1933 · 92 min · ★ 5.2 · Drama

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.

Directed by Lev Kuleshov · Written by Aleksandr Kurs

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