The Train Rolls On

Directed by Chris Marker
November 1, 1971    32mDocumentary, Short
6.96.3
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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  • Aleksandr MedvedkinHimself
  • François PérierNarrator
  • Chris MarkerDirector / Writer / Editor

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