Old and New/The General Line

Staroye i novoye, feature film, USSR, 1929

DIRECTED BY: Sergej Ejzenštejn

Old and New/The General Line

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'

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