Child of the Big City
About Child of the Big City
Manya, daughter of a poor laundress, becomes the cocotte Mary. The rich Victor Kravtsov falls in love with her. She spends his money. When it is gone she drops him and insults him. He kills himself. She steps over the body and takes it as a good omen.
Cast & crew
More about Child of the Big City
Yevgeni Bauer directed. The Khanzhonkov company released it on March 5, 1914. Another title is The Girl from the Street. Russian Wikipedia gives 37 minutes. A file of the film runs 37 minutes and 46 seconds. Elena Smirnova plays Manya/Mary. Mikhail Salarov plays Victor. Nina Kozlyaninova plays Manya as a child. Arseniy Bibikov plays Kramskoy, Victor's friend.
Themes
Making
Bauer casts the laundress's daughter as the woman who spends the lover and walks over him.
Preservation
A copy of about 38 minutes circulates.
Notes
- The Russian title is Ditya bolshogo goroda.
- Lidia Tridenskaya plays the laundress. Emma Bauer, the director's wife, plays a dancer. Leopold Iost plays a valet.
- The last gesture is Mary stepping over Victor and calling it luck.
- A copy of about 38 minutes circulates.
Scenes
- Mary spends Victor's money and drops him when it is gone.
- She steps over his body and takes it as a good omen.
