The General Line (1929)
Original title: Старое и новое
The General Line is a 1929 Russian-language drama movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov, with a running time of 2h 5m. It stars Marfa Lapkina, M. Ivanin and Konstantin Vasilyev.
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.
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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)
- Mikhail Gomorov
- Vyacheslav Gomolyaka