The Transsiberian,
Moscow-Vladivostok, Russia
Directed by Rogier van Eck

26 MIN
BETA DIGITAL (16/9)

Original version available
with English or French commentary
 
documentary – lifestyle – surroundings – art – culture
– society – history – nature – work – everyday life

SYNOPSIS

Life on the railroad tracks: the part of the Transsiberian that runs from Moscow to Vladivostok (it goes as far as Peking) forms the longest railroad in the world, a myth related in his time by Blaise Cendrars. It takes 6 nights and 6 days of travelling to reach Vladivostok. The railway was the brainchild of Tsar Alexander III in order to link the West and the East, cutting through forests and steppes. Built with the sweat of thousands of convicts, workers brought in from the Island of Sakhalin, and Chinese and Japanese workers, it marked the start, in 1895, of the exodus towards these hitherto unexplored territories. The construction has been the longest of the century, from its launch to its current extension with the creation of a new line – currently being finished – called the BAM (Baikal-Amur-Magistral).

CREDITS

Directed by : Rogier van Eck
Script : Rogier van Eck
Mister Kaleidoscope was written and acted by Marc-Henri Wajnberg
Image : Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
Editing : Dominique Lefever
Sound : Damien Defays

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION

Wajnbrosse Productions
Video cassette available on request Contact-us

PRODUCTION

ARTE France
Panic Productions
Wajnbrosse Productions

With the support of
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) ,
Ministère de la Communauté Française de Belgique et des Télédistributeurs Wallons

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