The General Line (1929)
1929 · 2h 5m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Writers: Grigori Aleksandrov
Cinematography: Eduard Tisse
Cast
Marfa Lapkina as MarfaM. Ivanin as Marfa's sonKonstantin Vasilyev as Tractor DriverVasili Buzenkov as Secretary of the milk cooperativeNezhnikov as Miroshkin - SchoolmasterChukamaryev as The butcherIvan Yudin as KomsomoletsE. Suhareva as WitchG. Matvei as PriestLev Ivanov as Student (uncredited)Mikhail GomorovVyacheslav GomolyakaMore like this
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