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The General Line

Sergei Eisenstein

1929 • 2h 5m

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.

The General Line

Cast

Marfa LapkinaMarfa

M. IvaninMarfa's son

Konstantin VasilyevTractor Driver

Vasili BuzenkovSecretary of the milk cooperative

NezhnikovMiroshkin - Schoolmaster

ChukamaryevThe butcher

Ivan Yudin

Ivan YudinKomsomolets

E. SuharevaWitch

G. MatveiPriest

Lev IvanovStudent (uncredited)

Mikhail Gomorov

Vyacheslav Gomolyaka

Crew

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei EisensteinScenario Writer

Grigori Aleksandrov

Grigori AleksandrovWriter

Vasiliy Kovrigin

Vasiliy KovriginArt Direction

Maksim Shtraukh

Maksim ShtraukhAssistant Director

Eduard Tisse

Eduard TisseDirector of Photography

Vasiliy Rakhals

Vasiliy RakhalsProduction Design

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