The Train Rolls On

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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.

Original Title

Le Train en marche

Release Date

1971-11-01

Year

1971

Duration

32m

Status

Released

Score

6.30

Cast

Aleksandr Medvedkin

Aleksandr Medvedkin

François Périer

François Périer

Narrator