The General Line

The General Line

121 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 1929

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.

The General Line

121 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 1929

The General Line
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Sovkino
Original title Старое и новое
Directors Maksim Shtraukh, Mikhail Gomorov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein
Writers Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein

Cast

Marfa Lapkina

as Marfa

M. Ivanin

as Marfa's son

Konstantin Vasilyev

as Tractor Driver

Vasili Buzenkov

as Secretary of the milk cooperative

Nejnikov

as Miroshkin - Schoolmaster

Chukamaryev

as The butcher

Ivan Yudin

as Komsomolets

E. Suhareva

as Witch

G. Matvei

as Priest