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....

1990

Drama·History·TV Movie

3h 18min

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Top Billed 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
Mattia Sbragia
Furstenberg
Robin McCallum
Von Buhring
Jeannine Mestre
Liliana
Hans Kraemer
Von Romberg
Amadeus August
Ernst Jacobi
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Thomas Heinze
Tobias Engel

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