87 Ratings

The New Babylon

Novyy Vavilon

Directed by Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg

Soviet Union, 1929

Drama, History

Synopsis

In the beginning of the industrial revolution, the Paris Commune was established against the rich and the powerful. How could the love story unfold between a young sales girl and a soldier unable to decide if he was for or against the radicals?

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The New Babylon Directed by Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg

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εξώτερο Διάστημα's rating of the film The New Babylon
εξώτερο Διάστημα

A film that takes literary stylistic devices & visually translates them: antanaclasis (clusters of key images rhythmically replayed in different, contrary ways; New Babylon is a general store, a place of corruption with everything on sale, the post-uprisal failure), polyptoton (variations on the ‘master’ theme), epistrophe ("That’s what the Commune promised!"), anaphora (cyclical calls to end shifting enemies'lives),
June 28, 2015 22:02
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chanandre's rating of the film The New Babylon
chanandre

Truly mind-blowing. An enormous masterpiece. A lesson in editing. One of the best silent films I have ever seen.
November 28, 2010 01:10
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Jugu Abraham's rating of the film The New Babylon
Jugu Abraham

One of best silent films ever. Rarely seen. It "disappeared" and has resurfaced after Kozintsev died. My detailed review of the great film is at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.in/2016/09/196-russian-director-duo-grigory.html
July 24, 2017 15:35
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Arcanus's rating of the film The New Babylon
Arcanus

Interesting to see what sort of films were made in Soviet Russia at that time. The music by Shostakovich is fabulous. Buy the Music CD, not the DVD!
March 09, 2011 19:27
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JD Tastad's rating of the film The New Babylon
JD Tastad

vive la commune
February 04, 2016 21:50
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Illusion Travels By Streetcar's rating of the film The New Babylon
Illusion Travels By Streetcar

"'We are SMART cinephiles!'" http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/12/episode-82-cinema-masters-vol-xi.html
December 07, 2015 23:29
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Hugo Poderoso's rating of the film The New Babylon
Hugo Poderoso

Soviet montage adopting some Hollywood melodrama cinematography
November 09, 2015 07:40
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rafaelmontenegrofausto's rating of the film The New Babylon
rafaelmontenegrofausto

youtube.com/watch?v=cyOhcTuFYe0 (HiDef+''en'' subtitles)
April 01, 2016 06:40
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