The General Line (1929)

Name: The General Line
Genre: Drama
Released: 1929-09-25
Duration: 125 min
Cast: Marfa Lapkina, M. Ivanin, Konstantin Vasilyev, Vasili Buzenkov, Nezhnikov

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.

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Released 1929-09-25 · 125 min · Drama

Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov

Cast

Marfa Lapkina as Marfa
M. Ivanin as Marfa's son
Konstantin Vasilyev as Tractor Driver
Vasili Buzenkov as Secretary of the milk cooperative
Nezhnikov as Miroshkin - Schoolmaster
Chukamaryev as The butcher
Ivan Yudin as Komsomolets
E. Suhareva as Witch
G. Matvei as Priest
Lev Ivanov as Student (uncredited)
Mikhail Gomorov
Vyacheslav Gomolyaka