Train Entering the Railroad Station (1898)

Directed by

Alexandre Michon

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

Russian Empire

Runtime

1 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

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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