Lenin: The Train (1988)
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....
Director: Damiano Damiani
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Ben Kingsley as Lenin |
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Dominique Sanda as Inessa Armand |
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Leslie Caron as Nedeshda Krupskaja |
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Jason Connery as David |
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Timothy West as Parvus |
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Peter Whitman as Radek |
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Günther Maria Halmer as Von Planetz |
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Dagmar Schwarz as Olga |
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Xabier Elorriaga as Platten |
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Paolo Bonacelli as Zinoviev |
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Mattia Sbragia as Furstenberg |
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Robin McCallum as Von Buhring |
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Jeannine Mestre as Liliana |
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Hans Kraemer as Von Romberg |
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Amadeus August as |
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Ernst Jacobi as |
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Hans-Michael Rehberg as |
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Thomas Heinze as |
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Tobias Engel as |
| Camera | Sebastiano Celeste | Director of Photography |
| Production | Enrico Bergier | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Damiano Damiani | Director |
| Editing | Enzo Meniconi | Editor |
| Sound | Nicola Piovani | Music |
| Writing | Fulvio Gicca Palli | Writer |
| Writing | Damiano Damiani | Writer |