The General Line

1929 · 125 min · Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

★ 6.4(47 TMDB votes)

Also known as The Old and the New, 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.

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

Crew

Director: Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer: Grigori Aleksandrov
Cinematography: Eduard Tisse
Production Design: Vasiliy Rakhals

Details

Studios: Sovkino
Countries: Soviet Union
Languages: No Language
Release: September 25, 1929

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Sep 25, 1929RussiaTheatrical

The General Line

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