The General Line
1929
2h 5m
6.3
SU
Drama
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
No Language
Studio
Sovkino
Key Crew
Sergei Eisenstein
Director
Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer
Grigori Aleksandrov
Director
Cast
M
Marfa Lapkina
Marfa
M
M. Ivanin
Marfa's son
K
Konstantin Vasilyev
Tractor Driver
V
Vasili Buzenkov
Secretary of the milk cooperative
N
Nejnikov
Miroshkin - Schoolmaster
C
Chukamaryev
The butcher
I
Ivan Yudin
Komsomolets
E
E. Suhareva
Witch
G
G. Matvei
Priest
L
Lev Ivanov
Student (uncredited)
