On the Way to Lenin
1970•1h 47m•5.7•Released
DramaHistory
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
Writer
Helmut Baierl, Yevgeni Gabrilovich, Alfred Kurella
Languages
German, Russian
Studio
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Gottfried Richter
Viktor Kleist
Mikhail Ulyanov
Lenin
Helga Göring
Mrs. Kleist
Winfried Glatzeder
Rolf Rosenow
Inge Keller
Mrs. von Roettger
Dieter Mann
Erich
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Kurt Müller-Reitzner
Major
Wolfgang Pampel
Rolf Ripperger
Lev Kruglyy
George
Zhanna Bolotova
Lena
Lev Durov
Kuzma Sukharin
Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Rimma
Gleb Strizhenov
The Commissioner
Production
Company
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Company
Mosfilm
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