Still from The Old and the New — The Old and the New (1929) — Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori AleksandrovPhotographed by Eduard Tisse

Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov

The Old and the New

Name: The Old and the New
Genre: Drama
Released: 1929
Duration: 125 min

Старое и новое

Soviet Union / Russian / 1929 / 2h 5m

Drama

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Synopsis

Focusing on the trials and determination of one woman (Marfa Lapkina) rather than a large group of people, Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov switch their social realist montage to the plight of the individuals power to effect change in Soviet Russia. (Presented without score.)