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Oil Rocks: City Above the Sea

Oil Rocks: City Above the Sea

8.02009Documentary

"Oil Rocks" - behind the enigmatic name lies the first and largest offshore oil-platform ever built, a vast city in the middle of the Caspian Sea, built by Stalin in 1949. 60 years on, "Oil Rocks" is still operational and the first western film crew ever receives access. Just imagine: 200 kilometers of bridges, thousands of oil workers, hundreds of platforms, up to nine-story buildings, a park and sports field, nothing less then an oil-rig Atlantis, only real. Combining archive footage from the Soviet era and the exclusive new footage, the film tells the story of this timeless place and it's inhabitants.

Original titleLa Cité du pétrole
Release2009-10-18
Runtime54 min
StatusReleased
CountriesSwitzerland
Original languageFR
SpokenAzerbaijani, French, Russian
DirectorMarc Wolfensberger
WritersMarc Wolfensberger, Peter Entell
ProductionIntermezzo Films, TSR, Thin Line Productions
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Popularity1
TMDB ID258081

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