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The Steel Road (1929)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 17M

Director : Victor Turin

Synopsis

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

Actors

Crews

Victor Turin
Victor Turin
Director
Yakov Aron
Yakov Aron
Writer
Aleksandr Macheret
Aleksandr Macheret
Writer
Viktor Shklovskiy
Viktor Shklovskiy
Writer
Victor Turin
Victor Turin
Writer
Boris Frantsisson
Boris Frantsisson
Director of Photography
Yevgeni Slavinsky
Yevgeni Slavinsky
Director of Photography

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Turksib (Турксиб, 1929)

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