Child of the Big City

    Child of the Big City
    1914

    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.

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    Cast

    • Yelena SmirnovaManetschka / Mary
    • Nina KosljaninowaManetschka as a child
    • Mikhail SalarovViktor Krawzow
    • Arseniy BibikovKramskoi, his friend
    • Emma BauerThe dancer
    • Leonid JostThe lackey
    • Lidiya TridenskayaThe washerwoman

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