The General Line (1929)

  • NR
  • 09/25/1929 (RU)
  • Drama
  • 2h 5m

Overview

Also known as The Old and the New (Staroye i Novoye), The General Line illustrates Lenin’s stated imperative that the nation move from agrarian to industrial culture in an epic ode to farm-collectivization progress.

Sergei Eisenstein

Director

Grigori Aleksandrov

Director, Writer

Cast

Marfa Lapkina's headshot

Marfa Lapkina

Marfa
M. Ivanin's headshot

M. Ivanin

Marfa's son
Konstantin Vasilyev's headshot

Konstantin Vasilyev

Tractor Driver
Vasili Buzenkov's headshot

Vasili Buzenkov

Secretary of the milk cooperative
Nejnikov's headshot

Nejnikov

Miroshkin - Schoolmaster
Chukamaryev's headshot

Chukamaryev

The butcher
Ivan Yudin's headshot

Ivan Yudin

Komsomolets
E. Suhareva's headshot

E. Suhareva

Witch

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