China's Last Little Train

China's Last Little Train

2014
48m
7.0

7.0/10

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Overview

This is the last working narrow gauge steam railway in China. Built 70 years ago to haul coal out of the valley, the 19 km line has evolved to be the main source of transport in the valley carrying children to school, workers to their jobs and pigs to market; all fighting for space in the train's small, unglazed carriages. Now the railway is at a critical point. The mine has shut down and the villagers are fighting to keep the line - and its aging steam locomotives - running. Already the villagers have to make replacement parts by hand. When the boiler goes they face catastrophe. Too large to fabricate themselves, they search far and wide for a company to make a new boiler for them. But even if they can find a new boiler, how can they get it to Jiayang Valley? At a time when attention is focused on China's great leaps in technology, on its maglev and bullet trains, Little Train takes viewers on a journey to the quiet backwaters that are still home to half of China’s population.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Autentic LIC China NDR
Production Countries
China Germany
Spoken Languages
English German Mandarin

Keywords

china steam train

Quick Facts

Original Title Die kleine Bahn von Sezuan
Release Date September 11, 2014
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt30264343
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Cast

Key Crew

Ralf Quibeldey
Director
Steven Seidenberg
Executive Producer
Leland Ling
Executive Producer
Wolf Lengwenus
Producer
Patrick Hörl
Producer
Alexandra Böhm
Producer