The General Line
September 25, 1929•2h 5m•★ 6.4
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 EisensteinCast
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Marfa Lapkina
Marfa
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M. Ivanin
Marfa's son
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Konstantin Vasilyev
Tractor Driver
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Vasili Buzenkov
Secretary of the milk cooperative
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Nezhnikov
Miroshkin - Schoolmaster
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Chukamaryev
The butcher
Ivan Yudin
Komsomolets
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E. Suhareva
Witch
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G. Matvei
Priest
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Lev Ivanov
Student (uncredited)
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Mikhail Gomorov
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Vyacheslav Gomolyaka