The Train to Moscow ( Il treno va a Mosca ) ( The Train to Moscow: A Journey to Utopia )

The Train to Moscow (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Il treno va a Mosca
Alternate Title: The Train to Moscow: A Journey to Utopia
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
70 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Federico Ferrone
Michele Manzolini

Written By:
Federico Ferrone
Michele Manzolini

Actors:
Sauro Ravaglia ..... Himself

Synopsis:

The end of an era and the end of a dream through the eyes of Sauro Ravaglia, an amateur film-maker, barber and communist. It is 1957 and Alfonsine is just one of the many small towns in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region where communist local governments have reigned supreme in the wake of the destruction wreaked by the war. Sauro and his friends dream of a world of peace, brotherhood, and equality: they dream of the Soviet Union. A once in a lifetime opportunity comes their way when they have the chance of attending the World Festival of Socialist Youth in Moscow. Sauro and his friends arm themselves with an 8mm camera to film their great journey. What happen when they come face to face with their utopian dream?

In the late 1950s, three Italians went on a trip to the post-Stalin USSR and came back with a wealth of 8mm footage. In The Train to Moscow, filmmakers Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini turn to the archive material to capture the clash of their communist ideals with reality.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 November, 2015.