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The Train Rolls On (1971)
Directed by Chris Marker
Documentary · 32m
This half-hour documentary by Chris Marker explores Aleksandr Medvedkin’s 1930s “Cine-Train,” a mobile film studio equipped with cameras, editing rooms, animation stations, and a laboratory. Traveling across the Soviet countryside, the train’s crew documented agricultural and industrial life—from Ukrainian harvests to southern steelworks—while living and working in cramped shared quarters.
Cast
Aleksandr Medvedkin
François Périer
Crew
- Director
- Chris Marker
- Writer
- Chris Marker
- Editor
- Chris Marker
Details
- Original title
- Le Train en marche
- Release date
- 1971-11-01
- Runtime
- 32m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Societe pour le Lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles (SLON)