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The Red Arrow

1987-03-25 · 92 min · ★ 4.0

Drama · History

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. Valeriy Kropotov is CEO of a big industrial company in Leningrad who 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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.

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Directors
Iskander Khamrayev, Igor Sheshukov
Production companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kirill LavrovKirill LavrovCEO Valeri Petrovich Kropotov
Elena PrudnikovaElena PrudnikovaValya
Andrey SmirnovAndrey SmirnovKarandin
Osvalds BērziņšOsvalds BērziņšValdis
Vladimir EryominVladimir EryominSavitsky
Lyudmila ArininaLyudmila ArininaNatalia
Galina FiglovskayaGalina FiglovskayaGolubeva
Zoya BogomolovaZoya BogomolovaAlexandra
Mariya LavrovaMariya LavrovaMasha
Vadim YakovlevVadim YakovlevAntonov
Artyom KarapetyanArtyom KarapetyanVazgen
Petr ShelokhonovPetr ShelokhonovYusov
Alexander VdovinAlexander VdovinOvchinnikov
Vadim LobanovVadim LobanovPanchin
Afanasiy TrishkinAfanasiy TrishkinSokolovsky

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