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The General Line

The General Line (1929)

Drama

Runtime: 125 minutes

Overview

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.

Cast

M

Marfa Lapkina

Marfa
M

M. Ivanin

Marfa's son
K

Konstantin Vasilyev

Tractor Driver
V

Vasili Buzenkov

Secretary of the milk cooperative
N

Nezhnikov

Miroshkin - Schoolmaster
C

Chukamaryev

The butcher

 Ivan Yudin

Ivan Yudin

Komsomolets
E

E. Suhareva

Witch
G

G. Matvei

Priest
L

Lev Ivanov

Student (uncredited)