The General Line

The General Line (1929)

Drama

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.

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  • Release Date: 1929-09-25
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Directors: Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov.

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Cast

  • Marfa Lapkina

    Marfa

  • M. Ivanin

    Marfa's son

  • Konstantin Vasilyev

    Tractor Driver

  • Vasili Buzenkov

    Secretary of the milk cooperative

  • Nezhnikov

    Miroshkin - Schoolmaster

  • Chukamaryev

    The butcher

  • Ivan Yudin

    Komsomolets

  • E. Suhareva

    Witch

  • G. Matvei

    Priest

  • Lev Ivanov

    Student (uncredited)

  • Mikhail Gomorov

  • Vyacheslav Gomolyaka