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 1
Великий утешитель 1

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Predicate Object
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 The Great Consoler self-linksurface differs
surface form: Великий утешитель
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
surface form: O. Henry as prison clerk
productionCompany Mosfilm
releaseDecade 1930s
releaseYear 1933
runtimeMinutes 95
screenwriter Lev Kuleshov
setting United States of America
surface form: 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 The Great Consoler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Великий утешитель