The meandering trails soviets: Alexandre Medvedkine and the cinetrain

Abstract

The technical dimension of the Soviet cinematographic experiences gain new shape from the productions of its exponents filmmakers such as Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, Pudovkin, Dovzhenko, among others. However, different projects involving the Russian cinematography appears within the revolutionary context. It is the case of the cinetrain, organized by Alexandre Medvedkine, that travels much of Soviet territory in the year of 1932 whose practices of script, shooting, montage and exhibition are close to the daily class struggle.