The General Line

The story

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 & crew

Marfa Lapkina

Marfa LapkinaMarfa

M. Ivanin

M. IvaninMarfa's son

Konstantin Vasilyev

Konstantin VasilyevTractor Driver

Vasili Buzenkov

Vasili BuzenkovSecretary of the milk cooperative

Nezhnikov

NezhnikovMiroshkin - Schoolmaster

Chukamaryev

ChukamaryevThe butcher

Ivan YudinKomsomolets

E. Suhareva

E. SuharevaWitch

G. Matvei

G. MatveiPriest

Lev Ivanov

Lev IvanovStudent (uncredited)

Mikhail Gomorov

Mikhail GomorovCast

Vyacheslav Gomolyaka

Vyacheslav GomolyakaCast