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THE OLD AND THE NEW
(THE GENERAL LINE)
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Film in 6 parts
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A SOVKINO production
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Script and Direction:
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S. M. EISENSTEIN
and G. V. ALEXANDROV
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Camera:
EDOUARD TISSE
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Assistant directors:
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M. S. GOMOROV and
M. M. CHTRAOUKH
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Architect: A. K. BOUROV
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Sets: K OVRIGUINE
and RAKHALS
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"...ln some occasions,
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the exemplary organisation
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of the local work,
even at small scale,
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turns out to be
more efficient for the people
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than a large number
of State establishments
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with a centralized functioning."
V. Lenin
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Not ten, not twenty,
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not really
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one hundred,
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one hundred MILLIONS
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of illiterate people,
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of retarded people,
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of peasants,
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of retarded farmers
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that have been left in heritage
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by the old system!
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The precariousness.
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The extreme poverty.
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Still nowadays...