Summary
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.
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Public viewing safe
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 70GoodWatch 69
Letterboxd · 281 ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.9
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1971
November 1, 1971
55 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
France
Directing · 1
- Chris Marker Director, Writer, Editor
Other crew · 1
- Jacques Loiseleux Cinematography
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