The General Line (1929)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1929-09-25
Runtime: 125 minutes
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Top Cast
- Marfa Lapkina as Marfa
- M. Ivanin as Marfa's son
- Konstantin Vasilyev as Tractor Driver
- Vasili Buzenkov as Secretary of the milk cooperative
- Nezhnikov as Miroshkin - Schoolmaster
- Chukamaryev as The butcher
- Ivan Yudin as Komsomolets
- E. Suhareva as Witch
- G. Matvei as Priest
- Lev Ivanov as Student (uncredited)
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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