Lenin: The Train
Released: November 30, 1988Runtime: 198 min
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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Ben Kingsley
as Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin
Leslie Caron
as Nadeschda Krupskaja
Dominique Sanda
as Inessa Armand
Jason Connery
as David Suljashvili
Timothy West
as Alexander 'Helphand' Parvus
Paolo Bonacelli
as Grigori Jewsejewitsch Zinoviev
Peter Whitman
as Karl Radek
Xabier Elorriaga
as Fritz Platten
Dagmar Schwarz
as Sarra Naumowna 'Olga' Rawitsch
Mattia Sbragia
as Jakow Stanislawowitsch Fürstenberg
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