Into Oblivion

director: Šimon Špidla

original title: Mrtvá trať

year: 2011

running time: 52 min.

synopsis

FilmCONSTRUCTION visits the site of an unfinished railway in the inhospitable Russian taiga. Sixty years ago, thousands lost their lives here, but work was halted soon after Stalin’s death and today all that remains are rusting remains in the swamps. Eyewitness testimony is combined with a meditative boat trip and traces of asocial utopia.

more about film

director:	Šimon Špidla
producer:	Pavel Berčík
script:	Šimon Špidla
photography:	Lukáš Hyksa, Filip Šturmankin
editing:	Šimon Špidla
music:	Roman Fojtíček
sound:	Martin Ženíšek

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