The Great Consoler (1933) movie

The film takes place in America in 1899, and in its principal plot depicts Bill Porter, who is the great consoler of the title, in prison. His writing skills earn him privileges from the governor and he is spared the inhumane treatment meted out to other prisoners. Porter is very much aware of the brutality around him but, mindful of his better conditions, refuses to write about prison life. He prefers to console his less-well-treated friends, and indeed all his readers, with excessively romantic fantasies in which good invariably triumphs.

The Great Consoler (1933) movie

Genre: Drama
Production Co: Mezhrabpomfilm

Directed by Lev Kuleshov
Writing Credits: O. Henry (story "A Retrieved Information"), Lev Kuleshov (writer), Aleksandr Kurs (writer)
Produced by Ivan Gorchilin, N. Jakovlev, Martynova, S. Skvorcov
Music by Zinovi Feldman
Cinematography by Konstantin Kuznetsov
Art Direction by Lev Kuleshov

Cast:
Konstantin Khokhlov as Bill Porter
Ivan Novoseltsev as Jim Valentine - aka Ralph D. Spenser
Vasili Kovrigin as Warden
Andrey Fayt as Det. Ben Price
Daniil Vvedenskiy as Jailguard
Weyland Rodd as Black convict
O. Rayevskaya as Jim's mother
S. Sletov as Jailguard
Aleksandra Khokhlova as Dulcie
Galina Kravchenko as Annabel Adams
Pyotr Galadzhev as E. Adams - banker / reporter
Vera Lopatina as Sadie
Mikhail Doronin as Innkeeper
Andrei Gorchilin as Convict

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