THE GENERAL LINE (1929)

The General Line
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The General Line
Drama
September 25, 1929
Russian
2h 5m
Soviet Union
Sovkino

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.

Cast & Characters

Marfa Lapkina

Marfa

M. Ivanin

Marfa's son

Konstantin Vasilyev

Tractor Driver

Vasili Buzenkov

Secretary of the milk cooperative

Nejnikov

Miroshkin - Schoolmaster

Chukamaryev

The butcher

Ivan Yudin

Komsomolets

E. Suhareva

Witch

G. Matvei

Priest

Lev Ivanov

Student (uncredited)

Crew

Sergei Eisenstein

Director

Grigori Aleksandrov

Director

Grigori Aleksandrov

Writer

Eduard Tisse

Director of Photography