Lenin: The Train

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....

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Cast

Ben Kingsley

Lenin

Dominique Sanda

Inessa Armand

Leslie Caron

Nedeshda Krupskaja

Jason Connery

David

Timothy West

Parvus

Peter Whitman

Radek

Günther Maria Halmer

Von Planetz

Dagmar Schwarz

Olga

Xabier Elorriaga

Platten

Paolo Bonacelli

Zinoviev