Child of the Big City (1914)

  • NR
  • 03/05/1914 (RU)
  • Drama
  • 37m

Overview

Seamstress Mary dreams of a better life outside a sweatshop. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of the bourgeois Victor. She soon tires of him, and thanks to her, his money is almost gone. When he suggests settling down outside the big city, where his money could be enough for a modest living, she leaves him and picks up a new lover. A year later, he is living in a shabby, cold hovel, still pining away for her.

Yevgeni Bauer

Director

Aleksandr Voznesensky

Writer

Cast

Yelena Smirnova's headshot

Yelena Smirnova

Manetschka / Mary
Nina Kosljaninowa's headshot

Nina Kosljaninowa

Manetschka as a child
Mikhail Salarov's headshot

Mikhail Salarov

Viktor Krawzow
Arseniy Bibikov's headshot

Arseniy Bibikov

Kramskoi, his friend
Emma Bauer's headshot

Emma Bauer

The dancer
Leonid Jost's headshot

Leonid Jost

The lackey
Lidiya Tridenskaya's headshot

Lidiya Tridenskaya

The washerwoman

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