

How we built the Moscow metro
In the 1930’s, the workers of the underground, headed by brigades of writers, are in charge to write in real time "the history of the Moscow Metro". Based on their narratives, partially unpublished, the film recounts the first lines construction of the most beautifiul underground in the world, in the light of this "big literary Utopia", stoped by the purges of 1937-38.
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
How we built the Moscow metro
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Mar 18, 2014
Genres
Documentary
User Score
10%
Original Title
Comment nous avons construit le métro de Moscou
Production Companies
.Mille et Une. Films., ARTE, Histoire TV, SVT
Director
Xavier Villetard
Description
In the 1930’s, the workers of the underground, headed by brigades of writers, are in charge to write in real time "the history of the Moscow Metro". Based on their narratives, partially unpublished, the film recounts the first lines construction of the most beautifiul underground in the world, in the light of this "big literary Utopia", stoped by the purges of 1937-38.