The General Line
The General Line

The General Line

6.4
September 25, 1929
2h 5m
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.

Directed by: Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov

Top Cast

Marfa Lapkina

Marfa Lapkina

Marfa

M. Ivanin

M. Ivanin

Marfa's son

Konstantin Vasilyev

Konstantin Vasilyev

Tractor Driver

Vasili Buzenkov

Vasili Buzenkov

Secretary of the milk cooperative

Nezhnikov

Nezhnikov

Miroshkin - Schoolmaster

Chukamaryev

Chukamaryev

The butcher

Ivan Yudin

Ivan Yudin

Komsomolets

E. Suhareva

E. Suhareva

Witch

G. Matvei

G. Matvei

Priest

Lev Ivanov

Lev Ivanov

Student (uncredited)

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