The General Line

Name: The General Line
Genre: Drama
Released: 1929
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 6.4

1929 · 125 min

Drama

★ 6.4

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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.

Crew

Director Sergei Eisenstein
Director Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer Grigori Aleksandrov
Director of Photography Eduard Tisse

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
Nezhnikov
Miroshkin - Schoolmaster
C
Chukamaryev
The butcher
Ivan Yudin
Komsomolets
E
E. Suhareva
Witch
G
G. Matvei
Priest
L
Lev Ivanov
Student (uncredited)
M
Mikhail Gomorov
V
Vyacheslav Gomolyaka

Crew

Director — Sergei Eisenstein
Director — Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer — Grigori Aleksandrov
Director of Photography — Eduard Tisse

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🔥 Hot takes

warming up the wall…

Intermission

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