Third-class travel

A documentary film which recounts the lives of passengers travelling on the longest railway route in the world. The director tells the stories and fortunes of ordinary Russians met by chance on the Moscow-Vladivostok train. The endless journey is a metaphor of the country in perpetual motion, while the passengers' stories form a social portrait of contemporary Russian society.

  • Rodion Ismailov
    Director
  • Rodion Ismailov
    Writer
  • Rodion Ismailov
    Producer
  • Fridrikh Ku
    Producer
  • Ivan Bolotnikov
    Producer
  • Mikhail Gorobchuk
    Photography
  • Igor Chupin
    Editor
  • Igor Inshakov
    Sound
  • Rodion Ismailov
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Platzkart
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 15, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    42,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Full HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Moscow International Documentary Film Festival "DOKer"
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    May 20, 2017
    World Premiere
  • International Documentary Film Festival "Cronograf"
    Chisinau
    Moldova, Republic of
    May 28, 2017
  • Amsterdam Cineblend Festival
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    June 17, 2017
  • Der neue Heimatfilm
    Freistadt
    Austria
    August 24, 2017
    BEST DOCUMENTARY
  • ČortaFest
    Indjija
    Serbia
    August 26, 2017
  • "Eurasian Bridge", Yalta International Film Festival
    Yalta
    Russian Federation
    September 16, 2017
    Special Jury Prize
  • International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana"
    Perm
    Russian Federation
    September 20, 2017
  • International Film Festival "Saratov Sufferings"
    Saratov
    Russian Federation
    September 24, 2017
    Special Jury Prize
  • Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival
    Taipei
    Taiwan
    October 8, 2017
  • Filmfest Eberswalde
    Eberswalde
    Germany
    October 14, 2017
  • PRIX EUROPA - European Broadcasting Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    October 19, 2017
  • Jean Rouch International Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    November 11, 2017
    French premiere
    PRIX MONDE EN REGARDS
  • International Film & TV Festival "Northern Character"
    Murmansk
    Russian Federation
    November 23, 2017
    2nd Place
  • Campania Film Festival
    Campania
    Italy
    December 14, 2017
    Italian premiere
    SPECIAL MENTION
  • "Intimate Lens", International Film Festival
    Napoli
    Italy
    December 21, 2017
    BEST DOCUMENTARY
  • International Tourism Film Festival "Dating Russia"
    Vologda
    Russian Federation
    December 16, 2017
    2nd Place
  • World Film Festival
    Tartu
    Estonia
    March 21, 2018
    Estonian premiere
  • Trento Film Festival
    Trento
    Italy
    April 30, 2018
  • "Eyes and Lenses" Ethnographic Films
    Warsaw
    Poland
    May 6, 2018
    Polish premiere
  • Buzau International Film Festival
    Buzau
    Romania
    July 6, 2018
    Romanian premiere
  • International Film Festival "Slavic tale”
    Sofia
    Bulgaria
    September 10, 2018
    Special Jury Prize
  • NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival
    Cluj-Napoca
    Romania
    September 13, 2018
  • International Film Festival "Days of Ethnographic Cinema"
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    September 27, 2018
  • Barents Filmfestival
    Lulea
    Sweden
    October 29, 2018
    Scandinavian premiere
  • Kratovo Ethnographic Film Festival
    Kratovo
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
    October 6, 2018
  • Jerusalem Anthropological Film Festival
    Jerusalem
    Israel
  • Athens Ethnographic Film Festival, Ethnofest
    Athens
    Greece
  • Dhaka International Film Festival
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh
  • International Ethnographic Film Festival of Quebec
    Quebec
    Canada
    April 1, 2019
  • DOK.fest München
    München
    Germany
    May 8, 2019
  • Shanghai International Fim Festival
    Shanghai
    China
    June 12, 2019
Distribution Information
  • Author Studio
    Country: Russian Federation
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Rodion Ismailov

Was born in Azerbaijan.
In 1998 graduated from Saint Petersburg State University of Cinematography and Television, specialized in film-directing.
1997 - 1999 - General Director of «Deboshir Film Studio».
2000 - 2005 - President of Saint Petersburg Fund «Independent Cinema Fund».
Since 2009 he is the director and producer in producing centre «DC Film».

Filmography:
2016 - Third-class travel
2013 - My kith and kin
2010 - Nomads

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