89mm from Europe
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89mm from Europe (Template:Langx) is a 1993 Polish short documentary film directed by Marcel Łoziński,[1] looking at the 89 mm difference in track gauge between Russian and European railroads after the Cold War.[2] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[3][4][5]
Plot
The film shows the fundamental differences between Western and Eastern Europe even after the end of the Cold War, based on one detail: the width of the railroad tracks. 89 mm from Europe shows the efforts of Belarusian workers who collectively replace the wheels of trains passing through the former Soviet Union on the Polish-Belarusian border near Brest. The title 89 mm is the difference between the track gauge in Europe (1435 mm) and in the former USSR (1524 mm),[6] with a historical explanation dating back to the 19th century; a different gauge was to prevent German military trains from quickly penetrating the borders of Tsarist Russia.[7]
Awards
89 mm from Europe was the first film by Łoziński in which he really reached an international audience after the fall of the Eastern Bloc. The documentary was nominated for an Oscar for the best short documentary and for the European Film Awards for the best documentary, it also won the Grand Prix of the Montreal Film Festival.[8][9]
Accolades
- Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) nomination [10]
- European Film Award for Best Documentary Special Mention [11]
References
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- ↑ Docufest 1995|International Documentary Association
- ↑ MUBI
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- ↑ `FORREST GUMP' NAILS DOWN 13 OSCAR NOMINATIONS - Desert News
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- ↑ Documentary Winners: 1995 Oscars
- ↑ European Film Academy: European Film Awards Winners 1993
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- 89mm from Europe at Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop
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- 1993 short documentary films
- 1993 films
- 1993 independent films
- 1990s Russian-language films
- Polish short documentary films
- Polish independent films
- Polish black-and-white films
- Films directed by Marcel Lozinski
- Black-and-white documentary films
- Documentary films about rail transport
- Rail transport in Russia
- Track gauges
- 1520 mm gauge railways