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Released
1949 · FILM

Pacific 231

Directed by
Runtime
9 min
Language
FR
Music

Synopsis

An engine departs from the roundhouse and couples with several passenger cars. At 2:10 in the afternoon, it begins a journey out of the station, traveling through the countryside toward its destination. The film features a montage of shots, including some close-ups, of the engine's gears and wheels. Accompanied by ambient sounds and an orchestral score, the focus is on the engine's power and speed. Parallel lines of tracks, telephone wires, and trees demonstrate a deliberate composition.

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Principal cast & crew: 6

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Marc DucouretShot by Jean JarretScored by Arthur Honegger

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