The Train Rolls On
1971
32min
Documentary
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Overview
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.
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The Train Rolls On was directed by Chris Marker.
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The Train Rolls On runs for 32min, and was released in 1971.
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