The Great Consoler

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The Great Consoler is a 1933 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov, loosely based on the life and writings of American author O. Henry and noted for its exploration of illusion versus reality.

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The Great Consoler canonical 2
Великий утешитель 1

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instanceOf Soviet drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationType loose adaptation ⓘ
basedOn life of O. Henry ⓘ
writings of O. Henry ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Konstantin Kuznetsov NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Sergei Vasilenko NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
director Lev Kuleshov ⓘ
directorStyle montage-influenced ⓘ
era early sound film ⓘ
featuresCharacter O. Henry ⓘ
filmMovement Soviet cinema ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
hasCastMember Aleksandra Khokhlova ⓘ
Andrei Fajt ⓘ
Ivan Novoseltsev ⓘ
Konstantin Khokhlov NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitleInRussian Великий утешитель ⓘ
linked to: The Great Consoler
includedIn history of Soviet montage cinema ⓘ
mainTheme illusion versus reality ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
narrativeDevice story-within-a-story ⓘ
notableFor exploration of illusion versus reality ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
partOf Soviet silent-to-sound transition era ⓘ
portrays O. Henry as prison clerk ⓘ
linked to: O. Henry
productionCompany Mosfilm ⓘ
releaseDecade 1930s ⓘ
releaseYear 1933 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 95 ⓘ
screenwriter Lev Kuleshov ⓘ
setting United States ⓘ
prison ⓘ
subjectMatter American prison system ⓘ
power of imagination ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ

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Lev Kuleshov → notableWork → The Great Consoler ⓘ
The Great Consoler → hasTitleInRussian → Великий утешитель ⓘ
linked to: The Great Consoler
Ivan Novoseltsev → notableWork → The Great Consoler ⓘ