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The General Line

6.419292h 5mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorsSergei Eisenstein·Grigori Aleksandrov
WritersGrigori Aleksandrov·Sergei Eisenstein

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Cast · Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

ML
Marfa Lapkina
Marfa
MI
M. Ivanin
Marfa's son
KV
Konstantin Vasilyev
Tractor Driver
VB
Vasili Buzenkov
Secretary of the milk cooperative
N
Nezhnikov
Miroshkin - Schoolmaster
C
Chukamaryev
The butcher
IYIvan Yudin
Ivan Yudin
Komsomolets
ES
E. Suhareva
Witch
GM
G. Matvei
Priest
LI
Lev Ivanov
Student (uncredited)
MGMikhail Gomorov
Mikhail Gomorov
VG
Vyacheslav Gomolyaka

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