The Train Rolls On

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.

Cast

Aleksandr Medvedkin

Himself

François Périer

Narrator

Crew

Chris Marker

Director

Chris Marker

Writer

Chris Marker

Editor

Jacques Loiseleux

Cinematography