Lenin: The Train

Apr 30, 1990

3h 18m

★ 6.2

Overview

March/April 1917. The first world war is already a couple year to pace. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Zürich Germany and Sweden to Sint-Petersburg. The outlaws stand under the guidance of Vladimir J. Lenin. Two senior officers support the revolutionary bomb "to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Yet there are some unpleasant clashes between Socialists and enthusiastic workers who are worried about the war. During train travel there comes an end to Lenin's affair with the gracious Inessa, and his wife Nadja is prepared take back him. The triumphant entrance in St. Petersburg will exceed all expectations....

Genres

Drama

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

TF1 Films Production

RAI

ORF

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Cast

Lenin

Ben Kingsley

Inessa Armand

Dominique Sanda

Nedeshda Krupskaja

Leslie Caron

David

Jason Connery

Parvus

Timothy West

Radek

Peter Whitman

Von Planetz

Günther Maria Halmer

Olga

Dagmar Schwarz

Platten

Xabier Elorriaga

Zinoviev

Paolo Bonacelli

Furstenberg

Mattia Sbragia

Von Buhring

Robin McCallum

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