The original underground hit — 1930s Soviet propaganda never looked this good.
Early documentary about the Moscow metro: the early project, the development and the people working on it.
Cinematography
Those marble stations look fake, they're not
Production
Built a subway AND a movie simultaneously — show-offs
Direction
Stepanova makes concrete pour like poetry
Director
Lidiya Stepanova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Moscow Metro was designed as a 'palace for the people' — these stations were meant to outshine European cathedrals with communist ideology.
Director Lidiya Stepanova was one of few women directing in 1930s USSR; most of her films are lost, making this surviving print precious.
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