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Child of the Big City (1914)

Child of the Big City (1914)

Drama
Release Date: 1914, March 5
Directors: Yevgeni Bauer
Countries: Russia
Production: A. Khanzhonkov and Co., A. Khanzhonkov and Co.
Cast: Lidiya Tridenskaya, Arseniy Bibikov, Emma Bauer, Mikhail Salarov, Yelena Smirnova, Nina Kosljaninowa, Leonid Jost

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.

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short film