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The General Line poster
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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 72.3 / 100
1929·Drama·2h 1m

THE GENERAL LINE

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.

Above the Line
Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein·DirectorGrigori Aleksandrov·WriterSergei Eisenstein·Scenario WriterEduard Tisse·Director of Photography
Cast
Marfa Lapkina·MarfaM. Ivanin·Marfa's sonKonstantin Vasilyev·Tractor DriverVasili Buzenkov·Secretary of the milk cooperativeNezhnikov·Miroshkin - SchoolmasterChukamaryev·The butcherIvan Yudin·KomsomoletsE. Suhareva·WitchG. Matvei·PriestLev Ivanov·Student (uncredited)
Full Crew
(10 credits)
Directing· 4
Sergei Eisenstein·DirectorGrigori Aleksandrov·DirectorMikhail Gomorov·Assistant DirectorMaksim Shtraukh·Assistant Director
Writing· 2
Grigori Aleksandrov·WriterSergei Eisenstein·Scenario Writer
Camera· 1
Eduard Tisse·Director of Photography
Art & Design· 3
A. Burov·Art DirectionVasiliy Kovrigin·Art DirectionVasiliy Rakhals·Production Design
By the Numbers
72.3
OF 100
Master Score
7.2
OF 10
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0
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