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The Great Consoler
The Great Consoler (, translit. Velikiy uteshitel) is a 1933 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov and starring Konstantin Khokhlov. The film is based on the facts from the biography of the American writer O. Henry and on his two novels.
Plot.
Saleswoman Dulcie dreams of a better, beautiful world. Her dreams are based on the stories of writer Bill Porter, who became victim of a judicial verdict and began his literary career in prison. No special misdemeanors are attributed to him
for eternity. Death is the sister of love and is the great consoler who, along with her brother, is the best that the world can offer.
Poetical works The last "Canti" (1832–1837) "Consalvo".
Also in 1832, inspired by a 17th-century poem by Girolamo Graziani titled "La conquista di Granada" ("The Capture of Granada"), Leopardi wrote "Consalvo". Consalvo obtains a kiss from the woman he has long loved unrequitedly only when, gravely injured, he is at the