On the Way to Lenin

On the Way to Lenin

1970•1h 47m•5.0/10

DramaHistory

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.0/10(2)

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.

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Production

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Mosfilm

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Gottfried Richter

Viktor Kleist

Mikhail Ulyanov

Mikhail Ulyanov

Lenin

Helga Göring

Helga Göring

Mrs. Kleist

Winfried Glatzeder

Winfried Glatzeder

Rolf Rosenow

Inge Keller

Inge Keller

Mrs. von Roettger

Dieter Mann

Dieter Mann

Erich

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Kurt Müller-Reitzner

Kurt Müller-Reitzner

Major

Wolfgang Pampel

Rolf Ripperger

Lev Kruglyy

Lev Kruglyy

George

Zhanna Bolotova

Zhanna Bolotova

Lena

Lev Durov

Lev Durov

Kuzma Sukharin

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova

Rimma

Gleb Strizhenov

Gleb Strizhenov

The Commissioner

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Pilot

Valentina Vladimirova

Valentina Vladimirova

Hotel duty

Mikhail Metyolkin

Mikhail Metyolkin

Schwarkin

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

Secretary of the District Committee

Heidemarie Wenzel

Heidemarie Wenzel

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