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Turksib is a 1930 Soviet documentary film directed by Viktor Alexandrovitsh 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 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.
Original Release
10/15/1929
US Release
05/24/1930
Directors
Writers
Victor A. Turin, Yefim Aron, Aleksandr Macheret, Viktor Shklovskiy
Producers
Name | Role |
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John Grierson | Producer |