The Train to Moscow

Synopsis

In the aftermath of Stalin’s death, three Italian communists engage in a trip to the Soviet Union to challenge their utopia with an 8mm camera. In 1957, Sauro, Luigi and Enzo all live in Alfonsine, a small town in Italy ruled like a miniature Soviet Union by the Italian Communist Party. As many communists in the West, they dream of the Soviet Union, and hope for the great Revolution. But with the wind of reform and self-criticism blowing through the Eastern Bloc after the death of Stalin the image of the Soviet Union as the workers’ paradise begins to crumble. They therefore decide to travel to the USSR to find out what is true and what is false in this supposed land of milk and honey. They film their entire journey with their 8mm camera. Through this invaluable personal archive, our film tells the hopes, disappointments and challenges of three young men faced with the reality of what seemed to be a utopia come true.

Main Cast

Sauro Ravaglia

Self (archive footage)

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Cinematography	Andrea Vaccari Marcello Dapporto Enzo Pasi Luigi Pattuelli Sauro Ravaglia
Directing	Director	Federico Ferrone Michele Manzolini
Writing	Story	Federico Ferrone Michele Manzolini Francesco Ragazzi
	Screenplay	Federico Ferrone Michele Manzolini Jaime P. Cousido Denver M. Beattie
Editing	Editor	Sara Fgaier
Sound	Music	Francesco Serra
	Sound Designer	Diego Schiavo
Production	Producer	Francesco Ragazzi Federico Ferrone Michele Manzolini Claudio Giapponesi
	Associate Producer	Simone Bachini
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