Lenin: The Train

Lenin: The Train

198 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | April 30, 1990

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....

Lenin: The Train

198 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | April 30, 1990

Lenin: The Train
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....
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers TF1 Films Production, RAI, ORF
Original title Lenin: The Train
Directors Damiano Damiani
Writers Damiano Damiani, Fulvio Gicca Palli

Cast

Ben Kingsley

as Lenin

Dominique Sanda

as Inessa Armand

Leslie Caron

as Nedeshda Krupskaja

Jason Connery

as David

Timothy West

as Parvus

Peter Whitman

as Radek

Günther Maria Halmer

as Von Planetz

Dagmar Schwarz

as Olga

Xabier Elorriaga

as Platten

Paolo Bonacelli

as Zinoviev

Mattia Sbragia

as Furstenberg

Robin McCallum

as Von Buhring

Jeannine Mestre

as Liliana

Hans Kraemer

as Von Romberg