The Railway

The Railway

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2007
1h 44m
4.3(6 votes)
Fantasy
Drama

Overview

Mischa, a mute boy, sets out on a surrealistic journey together with his father and two men. Their means of transportation is an old Soviet locomotive, loaded with stolen coal. The travellers intend to sell off the loot on their way through the borderless steppes of inner Russia. As a parallel to the main plot, sequences of a mysterious travelling circus keep reappearing in a very suggestive way. Many of the odd artists at the circus are people that the four protagonists encounter in the wilderness along the overgrown railway. All through the movie there is a sensation of magic crossed with pure realism, stressed by the crackling communistic infrastructure and a twisted sense of humor. The border between reality and fantasy is very subtle here. The Railway is a story about strong family ties, but also an ambitious interpretation of the clash between the Russia of old and new. One could call it the rebirth of a long forgotten genre: the Russian wonder story.

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11 members
Acting

Сергей Беляев

Papa

Сергей Беляев
Acting

Виктор Тереля

Unknown Role

Виктор Тереля
Acting

Ольга Дегтярева

Unknown Role

Ольга Дегтярева
Acting

Пётр Зайченко

Unknown Role

Пётр Зайченко
Acting

Татьяна Орлова

Unknown Role

Татьяна Орлова
Acting

Sergey Yarmolyuk

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Лариса Домаскина

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Лариса Домаскина
Acting

Сергей Лобанов

Unknown Role

Сергей Лобанов
Acting

Andrii Titov

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Andrey Osipov

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Andrey Osipov
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Viktor Matizen

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