In the short-lived Commune of Paris, a conscripted soldier falls in love with a Communard saleswoman. As the army cracks down on the revolutionaries, the soldier is forced to fight against the Commune, and the pair's love is put to the test.
Cast & crew
Grigori KozintsevDirector
Leonid TraubergDirector
Yelena KuzminaLouise Poirier, the shop-assistant
Pyotr SobolevskyJean, French soldier
David GutmanOwner of the 'New Babylon' shop
Sofiya MagarillAn actress
Andrei KostrichkinThe main shop-assistant
Sergei GerasimovLutro, the journalist
Yanina ZheymoTherese, a seamstress
Arnold ArnoldCommune's Central Committee member
