"New Babylon"
1929
Directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg

This early silent Soviet production is based on the events of The Paris Commune of 1871, and represents a historic revolution often overlooked.  A revolution that could have led to momentous changes had it succeeded.  It dramatizes the fight of the Communards through the story of a young woman caught up in the struggle against the bourgeois. Told in eight parts, this silent epic captures the historic sweep of revolutionary Paris. Featuring Yelena Kuzmina and David Gutman. Includes Dmitri Shostakovich's first film score.