On the Way to Lenin

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On the Way to Lenin (1970)

Directed by Günter Reisch

Drama, History · 1h 47m

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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Cast

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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
W
Wolfgang Pampel
R
Rolf Ripperger Lev Kruglyy George Zhanna Bolotova Lena

Crew

Director
Günter Reisch
Screenplay
Helmut Baierl, Yevgeni Gabrilovich
Writer
Alfred Kurella
Director of Photography
Jürgen Brauer, Valeriy Vladimirov
Editor
Monika Schindler

Details

Original title
Unterwegs zu Lenin
Release date
1970-04-15
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Drama, History
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German, Russian
Countries
Germany, Soviet Union, East Germany
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Mosfilm