DIE GENERALLINIE

In einem russischen Dorf vegetieren Menschen wie die Bäuerin Marfa und Tiere wie die Kuh Fomka dank des Festhaltens an uralten Traditionen dahin.

As the great Sergei Eisenstein’s last completed silent film, Old and New cries out for rediscovery. Displaying the montage pioneer’s gift for composition, this epic reworking of the Soviet labour film is a cinematic ode to agrarian collectivization that glimmers with unexpected sexual undertones.