Underplayed Gems

Train Entering the Railroad Station (1898)

Train Entering the Railroad Station poster
Directed by
Alexandre Michon
Genre
documentary film, silent film
Country
Russian Empire
Runtime
1 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A short silent film from 1898 shows a train arriving at a railroad station. It was one of the earliest films made in the Russian Empire, specifically in Azerbaijan.

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What happens

Train Entering the Railroad Station (Azerbaijani: Qatarın dəmiryol stansiyasına daxil olması) is one of the earliest Russian films produced in the cinema of Azerbaijan. It was directed by Azeri cinema pioneer Aleksandr Mişon and released in the summer of 1898. The film was shot on 35mm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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