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The Train Rolls On (1971)

The Train Rolls On (1971)

Documentary
Release Date: 1971, November 1
Directors: Chris Marker
Countries: France
Production: Societe pour le Lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles (SLON)
Cast: François Périer

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.