description The General Line Overview
The General Line, directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov, was released in 1929. It is a Soviet propaganda film exploring the ideological differences between the Old Bolsheviks and the New Russians. The film’s production involved both Eisenstein and Aleksandrov.
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info The General Line Specifications
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Year | 1929 |
help The General Line FAQ
Why is The General Line also called Old and New?
Sergei Eisenstein's film began under the title The General Line but was released in the Soviet Union as Old and New. Both titles are still used for the same 1929 film.
What is The General Line actually about?
The film follows peasant woman Marfa Lapkina as she embraces mechanized, collective agriculture and helps organize a dairy cooperative. Its conflict is between impoverished traditional farming and the Soviet collectivization program, not specifically between Old Bolsheviks and New Russians.
What is the famous cream-separator scene in The General Line?
Eisenstein turns the arrival and operation of a cream separator into an ecstatic montage of machinery, faces, and spurting liquid. The sequence is a celebrated example of his using editing and visual metaphor to make technology appear transformative.
Who directed The General Line with Sergei Eisenstein?
Grigori Aleksandrov shares the directing credit with Eisenstein. The silent film was released in 1929, the same year Eisenstein's collectivization imagery became politically complicated by rapid changes in Soviet agricultural policy.
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