Child of the Big City (1914)

Child of the Big City

1914

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Yevgeni Bauer

Cast

Arseniy Bibikov as Kramskoi, his friend

Emma Bauer as The dancer

Leonid Jost as The lackey

Lidiya Tridenskaya as The washerwoman

Mikhail Salarov as Viktor Krawzow

Nina Kosljaninowa as Manetschka as a child

Yelena Smirnova as Manetschka / Mary

Crew