Sunday in Peking

Name: Sunday in Peking
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1956-11-01
Duration: 19 min

19m·Documentary

Directed by Chris Marker·1956

Rate

6.4/10 avg

Chris Marker’s travel essay Sunday in Peking transforms a long-held childhood dream into a cinematic journey through Beijing. Blending documentary observation with reflective narration, Marker captures the city’s rhythms, traditions, and everyday life in mid-1950s China with his signature curiosity and lyricism.

DirectorChris MarkerCinematographyChris MarkerStudioPavox Films

Actor	Role
Gilles QuéantNarrator	Narrator