The General Line

Name: The General Line
Director: Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Released: 1929
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Marfa Lapkina, M. Ivanin, Konstantin Vasilyev, Vasili Buzenkov, Nejnikov

1929 · 125 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 1,774 VOTES · DIR. Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 222 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 THE OLD AND THE NEW (THE GENERAL LINE)

00:00:35 "...ln some occasions

00:01:01 of illiterate people

00:05:58 we share the farm in two.

00:09:35 Plow: None

00:16:18 No horse!

00:20:44 Woman!

00:22:37 A dairy cooperative would be a great help for you.

00:35:22 A SEPARATOR

00:39:09 It has condensed!

00:42:21 Give back this money!

00:58:56 And so, the dairy cooperative

01:00:39 between city and country.

01:02:55 I am myself a machine!

01:06:57 THE BRIDE

01:16:42 beats both of us...

01:19:23 Once overhead as above mentioned has been paid

01:22:38 We've lost plenty of time

01:27:41 The cooperative fed Fomka

01:31:11 S. A. R. L. M.

01:36:28 We will use witchcraft...

01:42:35 "Let's tighten up the links with the country"

01:58:06 Hurrah for the land!

Cast & Characters

Marfa Lapkina Marfa M. Ivanin Marfa's son Konstantin Vasilyev Tractor Driver Vasili Buzenkov Secretary of the milk cooperative Nejnikov Miroshkin - Schoolmaster Chukamaryev The butcher Ivan Yudin Komsomolets E. Suhareva Witch G. Matvei Priest Efimkin Peasant

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed222

Dialogue density1.8 lines / min

First line00:00:00

Final line01:58:06

Production Record

DirectorSergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov

LanguageRussian

IMDb votes1,774