The Train Rolls On (1971)

The Train Rolls On

1971

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Chris Marker

Cast

Aleksandr Medvedkin as Himself

François Périer as Narrator

Crew

Jacques Loiseleux (Cinematography)

Chris Marker (Editor)

Chris Marker (Writer)