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The Steel Road

Турксиб

1929·78 min·SU
Director: Victor Turin
Documentary

Bold and exhilarating documentary account of the building of the Turkestan-Siberian railway, presented as a heroic triumph of Soviet progress over natural adversity.

Bold and exhilarating documentary account of the building of the Turkestan-Siberian railway, presented as a heroic triumph of Soviet progress over natural adversity.

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Crew

Boris Frantsisson

cinematographer

Aleksandr Macheret

writer

Victor Turin

writer

Yevgeni Slavinsky

cinematographer

Viktor Shklovskiy

writer

Yakov Aron

writer

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