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.
Stills
8
Cast
Marfa Lapkina Marfa
M. Ivanin Marfa's son
Konstantin Vasilyev Tractor Driver
Vasili Buzenkov Secretary of the milk cooperative
Nezhnikov Miroshkin - Schoolmaster
Chukamaryev The butcher
Ivan Yudin Komsomolets E. Suhareva Witch
G. Matvei Priest
Lev Ivanov Student (uncredited)
Mikhail Gomorov
Vyacheslav Gomolyaka
Screenings in Brussels
No upcoming screenings.