Old and New/The General Line
Staroye i novoye, feature film, USSR, 1929
DIRECTED BY: Sergej Ejzenštejn
CAST:
Marfa Lapkina,
Vasili Buzenkov,
Chukamaryev,
Mikhail Gomorov
SCRIPT:
Sergei M. Eisenstein,
Grigorij Aleksandrov
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Eduard Tisse
Synopsis:
This film tells the story of a peasant girl who fights against greed and superstition, and shows the effects of mechanization and collectivization on the Soviet farms.
Eduard Tisse did the stunning camera work.
b/w, silent, 125'