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Child of the Big City(1914)
Status: Released
Date: 1914-03-05
55%
22 Votes
Time: 0h 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.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
Russia
ProductionCompanies:
A. Khanzhonkov and Co.
Movie: Child of the Big City
Top 7 Billed Cast
Yelena Smirnova
Manetschka / Mary
Арсений Бибиков
Kramskoi, his friend
Эмма Бауэр
The dancer
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