The General Line (1929)
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.
Directors: Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov.
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Marfa Lapkina as Marfa |
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M. Ivanin as Marfa's son |
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Konstantin Vasilyev as Tractor Driver |
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Vasili Buzenkov as Secretary of the milk cooperative |
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Nezhnikov as Miroshkin - Schoolmaster |
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Chukamaryev as The butcher |
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Ivan Yudin as Komsomolets |
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E. Suhareva as Witch |
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G. Matvei as Priest |
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Lev Ivanov as Student (uncredited) |
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Mikhail Gomorov as |
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Vyacheslav Gomolyaka as |
| Directing | Sergei Eisenstein | Director |
| Writing | Sergei Eisenstein | Scenario Writer |
| Directing | Grigori Aleksandrov | Director |
| Writing | Grigori Aleksandrov | Writer |
| Art | A. Burov | Art Direction |
| Art | Vasiliy Kovrigin | Art Direction |
| Directing | Mikhail Gomorov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Maksim Shtraukh | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Eduard Tisse | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vasiliy Rakhals | Production Design |
