The Train Rolls On (1971)

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.

Released

1971-11-01

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

32 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Chris Marker

TMDB rating

6.6/10 from 9 votes