Viktor TURIN
Виктор ТУРИН
Viktor TOURINE
USSR, 1929, 1180m 
Black and white, silent, documentary
Turksib
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Турксиб

 

 Turksib

 Turksib

 
Directed by : Viktor TURIN (Виктор ТУРИН)
Writing credits : Viktor SHKLOVSKY (Виктор ШКЛОВСКИЙ)
Cinematography : A. MACHARET (А. МАЧАРЕТ)
Production : Vostok-kino
Release date in Russia : 1926
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
Depicts the herculean accomplishments of joining the arid plains of Turkestan to the icy Siberian mountains by rail.
Source : www.lib.berkeley.edu/
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Magie ferroviaire [A propos du documentaire Turksib (Турксиб), 1929, de Viktor TOURINE], MORRINSON, senscritique.com, 2024
En images: dix superbes affiches de films soviétiques d'avant-garde, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2022
Les origines du cinéma soviétique : un regard neuf, Myriam TSIKOUNAS, Cerf, 1992
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- The Golden Age of Soviet Cinema : 1924-1930, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2022
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2021
- Pordenone Silent Film Festival, Pordenone (Italy), 2013
- Month of documentaries, Lyon (France), 2008
- Europalia Russia 2005, Brussels (Belgium), 2005
- Images Russie 1908-1930 au musée d'Orsay, Paris (France), 2005

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