The Steel Road

The Steel Road (1929)

Турксиб

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

Date of release
1929-10-15
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Viktor Turin

Interesting facts

Turksib is a 1929 Soviet documentary film directed by Viktor Alexandrovich Turin documenting the building of the Turkestan–Siberia Railway. The rail line stretched northeast from Tashkent to Almaty and on to Novosibirsk. The film contrasts the open desert and sand, with the order of rails and the movement of machines. The Turkic people ride horses and camels and rear sheep. This drama is set against the dry steppe as it is converted into a cotton-growing region.

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