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In 1984 Jørgen Leth, cinematographer Dan Holmberg and sound recordist Niels Torp travelled some 6,000 kilometres by train through China. The result is a very calm, beautifully perceived travelogue borne by unprejudiced curiosity and observational ability.
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Audiences 71GoodWatch 77
IMDb7.1
Running time
1 h 19 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −17 min on the typical 96
typical 9679Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 75 countries
+65Released
1987
February 12, 1987
39 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
DanishDirecting · 1
- Jørgen Leth Director, Writer
Camera · 1
- Dan Holmberg Director of Photography
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