The Train Rolls On

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.

Country:

France

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

32 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

Chris Marker

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Company:

Societe pour le Lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles (SLON)

Cast:

Himself

Narrator

Crew:

Director

Writer

Editor

Cinematography