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Director
Federico Ferrone ...
Original idea
Federico Ferrone ...
Producer
Francesco Ragazzi
Co Producer
Claudio Giapponesi
Production company
Vezfilm Ltd. ...
Editor
Sara Fgaier
IDF Events
2012 Doc Launch
Planned premiere
November 2012
Financial Support
Cineteca di Bologna (development + production) ...

The Train to Moscow

Il Treno va a Mosca, Italy, United Kingdom, 70 min, 52 min, 35 mm, Digi Beta, Archive, Experimental, History

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In the aftermath of Stalin’s death, three Italian communists engage in a trip to the Soviet Union to challenge their utopia with an 8mm camera.
In 1957, Sauro, Luigi and Enzo all live in Alfonsine, a small town in Italy ruled like a miniature Soviet Union by the Italian Communist Party. As many communists in the West, they dream of the Soviet Union, and hope for the great Revolution. But with the wind of reform and self-criticism blowing through the Eastern Bloc after the death of Stalin the image of the Soviet Union as the workers’ paradise begins to crumble. They therefore decide to travel to the USSR to find out what is true and what is false in this supposed land of milk and honey. They film their entire journey with their 8mm camera. Through this invaluable personal archive, our film tells the hopes, disappointments and challenges of three young men faced with the reality of what seemed to be a utopia come true.

Director:

Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini

Producer:

Francesco Ragazzi

Co Producer:

Claudio Giapponesi

Original idea:

Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini

Screenplay:

Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini

Editor:

Sara Fgaier