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The General Line (1929)

The General Line (1929)

Drama
Release Date: 1929, September 25
Directors: Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Sovkino
Cast: Lev Ivanov, Ivan Yudin, Marfa Lapkina, M. Ivanin, Konstantin Vasilyev, Vasili Buzenkov, Nezhnikov, Chukamaryev, E. Suhareva, G. Matvei

Overview:

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.