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The General Line
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The General Line 1929 Directed by Sergei Eisenstein , Grigori Aleksandrov Старое и новое

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.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language No Language
Gnere Drama
Production Company Sovkino
Release Date 25 September 1929
125 mins
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)
Mikhail Gomorov
Mikhail Gomorov
Vyacheslav Gomolyaka
Vyacheslav Gomolyaka
Crew
Directors
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein
Grigori Aleksandrov
Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer
Grigori Aleksandrov
Grigori Aleksandrov
Cinematography
Eduard Tisse
Eduard Tisse
Production Design
Vasiliy Rakhals
Vasiliy Rakhals
Art Direction
Vasiliy Kovrigin
Vasiliy Kovrigin
A. Burov
A. Burov
Assistant Directors
Mikhail Gomorov
Mikhail Gomorov
Maksim Shtraukh
Maksim Shtraukh