The Train Stop

Polustanok

Speedy passing trains are tearing the silence of a small railway station. Despite the noise, the people waiting there are still sound asleep. Is there anything that could possibly wake them up? Sergei Loznitsa displays formalistic brilliance while depicting a slice of reality, as he employs the use of sound to illustrate the transition of Russian society from Communism towards a still unknown destination - at the end of the road, his heroes might finally wake up.
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Direction: Sergei Loznitsa
Script: Sergei Loznitsa
Cinematography: Pavel Kostomarov
Editing: Sergei Loznitsa
Sound: Alexander Zakarjewskiy
Production: Russia Studio OKNO
Co-production: RTR Vitaliy Manskiy
Format: Digital File
Color: B&W
Production Country: Russia
Production Year: 2000
Duration: 24'
Contact: Deckert Distribution
Awards/Distinctions: Silver Dove – DOK Leipzig 2000 Award for Best Short Documentary – Ekaterinburg FF 2000 Award for Best Camera – Krakow IFF 2001 Award for Best Documentary– Lyon IFF 2001 Special Mention – Vila do Conde Short FF

Sergei Loznitsa

Filmography

2000 The Train Stop (short)
2003 Landscape
2005 Blockade
2008 Northern Light
2012 The Letter (short)
2016 Austerlitz
2018 The Trial
2022 The Kiev Trial
2022 The Natural History of Destruction