The Train Rolls On

The Train Rolls On

6.91971· 32 min· France
Documentary

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.

Director
Chris Marker
Country
France
Awards
1 win

Cast

AM

Aleksandr Medvedkin

FP

François Périer