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On the Way to Lenin
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On the Way to Lenin

1970-04-15 · 107 min · ★ 5.7

Drama · History

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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Directors
Günter Reisch
Production companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Mosfilm
Countries
Germany, Soviet Union, East Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Gottfried RichterViktor Kleist
Mikhail UlyanovMikhail UlyanovLenin
Helga GöringHelga GöringMrs. Kleist
Winfried GlatzederWinfried GlatzederRolf Rosenow
Inge KellerInge KellerMrs. von Roettger
Dieter MannDieter MannErich
Carmen-Maja AntoniCarmen-Maja Antoni
Kurt Müller-ReitznerKurt Müller-ReitznerMajor
Wolfgang Pampel
Rolf Ripperger
Lev KruglyyLev KruglyyGeorge
Zhanna BolotovaZhanna BolotovaLena
Lev DurovLev DurovKuzma Sukharin
Lyusyena OvchinnikovaLyusyena OvchinnikovaRimma
Gleb StrizhenovGleb StrizhenovThe Commissioner
Gennadiy YukhtinGennadiy YukhtinPilot
Valentina VladimirovaValentina VladimirovaHotel duty
Mikhail MetyolkinMikhail MetyolkinSchwarkin
Anatoliy KuznetsovAnatoliy KuznetsovSecretary of the District Committee
Heidemarie WenzelHeidemarie WenzelLore

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