On the Way to Lenin

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Günter ReischDirector
• Alfred KurellaWriter
• Helmut BaierlScreenplay
• Yevgeni GabrilovichScreenplay

Cast

• Gottfried RichterViktor Kleist
• Mikhail UlyanovLenin
• Helga GöringMrs. Kleist
• Winfried GlatzederRolf Rosenow
• Inge KellerMrs. von Roettger
• Dieter MannErich
• Carmen-Maja AntoniCast
• Kurt Müller-ReitznerMajor
• Wolfgang PampelCast
• Rolf RippergerCast
• Lev KruglyyGeorge
• Zhanna BolotovaLena

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