The General Line

1929 2h 5m RU

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6.4

MID

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100%

CERTIFIED FRESH

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7.2

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 48🍅100%Rotten Tomatoes★7.2IMDB · 1,753

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Writers: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein
Languages: No Language
Countries: Soviet Union

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ERA

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97 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, shot by Eduard Tisse. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Marfa Lapkina and M. Ivanin and Konstantin Vasilyev carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0020451 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Sergei Eisenstein directs. Eduard Tisse behind the camera. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in No Language.

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Things worth knowing

197 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, shot by Eduard Tisse. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Marfa Lapkina and M. Ivanin and Konstantin Vasilyev carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0020451 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.