Oil Rocks: City Above the Sea

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Documentary
Director:Marc Wolfensberger

"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.

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Original TitleLa Cité du pétrole
StatusReleased
Release DateOctober 18, 2009
Release Dates
Greece:
Premiere - Mar 17, 2010
Iceland:
Premiere - Sep 24, 2010
Japan:
Premiere - Oct 18, 2009
United States:
Premiere - Mar 3, 2010
Runtime54dk
000
Origin CountrySwitzerland
Original LanguageFrench
Spoken LanguagesAzərbaycan, Français, Pусский

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