The Red Arrow (1987)
The Red Arrow is the special train No.1 between Leningrad and Moscow. The film is set in the 1980s during perestroika in the Soviet Union. Kropotov (Lavrov) is communist CEO of a big industrial company in Leningrad. He is crafty and successful in getting a major order from the Soviet Government; building an automated assembly line. But his style of management clashes with his subordinates, talented engineers. Their potential is strangled by Kropotov's manipulative control. The government order is not accomplished and Kropotov gets fired. He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.
Directors: Igor Sheshukov, Iskander Khamrayev.
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Kirill Lavrov as CEO Valeri Petrovich Kropotov |
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Elena Prudnikova as Valya |
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Andrey Smirnov as Karandin |
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Osvalds Bērziņš as Valdis |
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Vladimir Eryomin as Savitsky |
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Lyudmila Arinina as Natalia |
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Galina Figlovskaya as Golubeva |
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Zoya Bogomolova as Alexandra |
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Mariya Lavrova as Masha |
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Vadim Yakovlev as Antonov |
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Artyom Karapetyan as Vazgen |
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Petr Shelokhonov as Yusov |
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Alexander Vdovin as Ovchinnikov |
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Vadim Lobanov as Panchin |
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Afanasiy Trishkin as Sokolovsky |
| Writing | Aleksandr Ozhegov | Writer |
| Writing | Edgar Dubrovsky | Writer |
| Art | Yevgeni Gukov | Production Design |
| Sound | Boris Andreyev | Sound |
| Editing | Irina Gorokhovskaya | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatyana Vavilova | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Venyamin Kutikov | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Production | Dmitri Brodsky | Production Manager |
| Directing | Igor Sheshukov | Director |
| Sound | Vadim Bibergan | Music |
| Directing | Iskander Khamrayev | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikolai Elenbogen | Makeup Designer |
| Camera | Vladimir Burykin | Director of Photography |
