The General Line

6.4

125m

1929

Drama

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.

Starring

Marfa Lapkina, M. Ivanin, Konstantin Vasilyev, Vasili Buzenkov, Nezhnikov, Chukamaryev, Ivan Yudin, E. Suhareva, G. Matvei, Lev Ivanov

Directed By

Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov