The General Line

The General Line
1929
★★★☆☆ 6.4/10
⏱️ 125 min
📅 Released
🌐 RU
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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Cast

Marfa Lapkina
Marfa Lapkina
Marfa
M. Ivanin
M. Ivanin
Marfa's son
Konstantin Vasilyev
Konstantin Vasilyev
Tractor Driver
Vasili Buzenkov
Vasili Buzenkov
Secretary of the milk cooperative
Nezhnikov
Nezhnikov
Miroshkin - Schoolmaster
Chukamaryev
Chukamaryev
The butcher

Crew

Director
Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer
Grigori Aleksandrov

Production

Sovkino