Eric Hobsbawm - The Stories My Country Told Me

1995 53min

Eric Hobsbawm, the great Marxist historian, travels on the Pressburg Railway from his native Vienna to Bratislava (formerly Pressburg). A journey of a mere 35 miles takes him through a tiny landscape that has seen some of the most turbulent political changes of the century - from the lost world of the Habsburgs to Europe's newest state, Slovakia.

Storyline

Eric Hobsbawm, the great Marxist historian, travels on the Pressburg Railway from his native Vienna to Bratislava (formerly Pressburg). A journey of a mere 35 miles takes him through a tiny landscape that has seen some of the most turbulent political changes of the century - from the lost world of the Habsburgs to Europe's newest state, Slovakia.

Released
January 1, 1995
Runtime
53min
Genre
Language
English