The General Line
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The General Line is a 1929 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein that depicts the collectivization of agriculture and the transformation of peasant life in the early Soviet Union.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Soviet film
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film → silent film → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Old and New
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| censorshipStatus |
subject to Soviet censorship
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| cinematographyBy |
Eduard Tisse
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| countryOfOrigin |
Soviet Union
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| depicts |
collectivization of agriculture
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early Soviet Union → transformation of peasant life → |
| director |
Sergei Eisenstein
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| directorStyle |
Soviet montage theory
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| distributor |
Sovkino
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| filmEra |
late silent era
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| filmFormat |
black-and-white
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| genre |
drama film
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political film → propaganda film → |
| hasCastMember |
Konstantin Vasilyev
NERFINISHED
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Marfa Lapkina → Mikhail Gomorov → Nina Alexandrovna → |
| hasPosterArtBy |
Soviet constructivist designers
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| hasSequence |
cream separator sequence
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tractor sequence → |
| influencedBy |
Marxist–Leninist ideology
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| notableFor |
experimental visual style
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montage editing → |
| originalLanguage |
Russian
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| partOf |
Soviet avant-garde cinema
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| portrays |
collective farm
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kulaks → poor peasants → |
| productionCompany |
Mosfilm
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| productionEndYear |
1929
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| productionStartYear |
1926
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| releaseYear |
1929
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| runningTime |
approximately 121 minutes
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| screenwriter |
Sergei Eisenstein
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| setting |
rural Russia
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| settingPeriod |
1920s
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| sound |
silent
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| theme |
class struggle in the countryside
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collective farming → industrialization of agriculture → socialist modernization → |
| titleAfterCensorship |
Old and New
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Sergei Eisenstein
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Soviet montage school → |
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