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The General Line

6.419292h 5mMovieDrama

100.000.000 peasants – illiterate, poor, hungry. There comes a day when one woman decides that she can live the old life no longer. Using ways of new Soviet state and industrial progress, she changes the lives and labours of her village.

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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The General Line is streaming on Kanopy, Public Domain Movies and Fawesome in United States, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video and Google Play Movies. It's not currently on Netflix.

Is The General Line on Netflix?

No, The General Line is not on Netflix in United States as of November 2026. It's currently on Kanopy and Public Domain Movies.

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The General Line is available to stream free (with ads) on Kanopy and Public Domain Movies in United States.