On the Way to Lenin (1970)
A train travels through the vastness of Russia, a train with German prisoners of war returning home, and Viktor Kleist, a young German communist from an intellectual home in Munich, travels back home with them. During the journey, the stations on his way to Lenin wake up again.
Director:
Günter Reisch
Writers:
Helmut Baierl, Yevgeni Gabrilovich.
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Gottfried Richter as Viktor Kleist |
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Mikhail Ulyanov as Lenin |
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Helga Göring as Mrs. Kleist |
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Winfried Glatzeder as Rolf Rosenow |
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Inge Keller as Mrs. von Roettger |
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Dieter Mann as Erich |
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Carmen-Maja Antoni as |
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Kurt Müller-Reitzner as Major |
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Wolfgang Pampel as |
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Rolf Ripperger as |
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Lev Kruglyy as George |
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Zhanna Bolotova as Lena |
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Lev Durov as Kuzma Sukharin |
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Lyusyena Ovchinnikova as Rimma |
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Gleb Strizhenov as The Commissioner |
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Gennadiy Yukhtin as Pilot |
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Valentina Vladimirova as Hotel duty |
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Mikhail Metyolkin as Schwarkin |
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Anatoliy Kuznetsov as Secretary of the District Committee |
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Heidemarie Wenzel as Lore |
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Erika Pelikowsky as George's mother |
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Norbert Christian as Coroner |
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Jörg Gillner as Harry Motsch |
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Anna Prucnal as Operator |
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Hans-Joachim Hanisch as Lieutenant Vogel |
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Horst Hiemer as Comrade Wolf |
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Hans Klering as Old man on the stairs |
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Hans-Peter Reinecke as Little Soldier |
| Directing | Günter Reisch | Director |
| Writing | Helmut Baierl | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yevgeni Gabrilovich | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alfred Kurella | Writer |
| Camera | Jürgen Brauer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Valeriy Vladimirov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Monika Schindler | Editor |