The Train Rolls On
The Train Rolls On
32 minutes
1971
HD
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.
Genres Documentary
Stars Aleksandr Medvedkin, François Périer
Directors Chris Marker, Chris Marker, Chris Marker, Jacques Loiseleux
The Train Rolls On