Velikiy uteshitel 1933

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:

Konstantin Khokhlov
Bill Porter 

Ivan Novoseltsev
Jim Valentine - aka Ralph D. Spenser 

Vasili Kovrigin
Warden 

Andrey Fayt
Det. Ben Price 

Daniil Vvedenskiy
Jailguard 

Weyland Rodd Sr.
Black convict 

• The Great Consoler