On the Way to Lenin (1970)

  • NR
  • 04/15/1970 (DE)
  • Drama, History
  • 1h 47m

Overview

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.

Günter Reisch

Director

Alfred Kurella

Writer

Helmut Baierl

Screenplay

Yevgeni Gabrilovich

Screenplay

Cast

Gottfried Richter's headshot

Gottfried Richter

Viktor Kleist
Mikhail Ulyanov's headshot

Mikhail Ulyanov

Lenin
Helga Göring's headshot

Helga Göring

Mrs. Kleist
Winfried Glatzeder's headshot

Winfried Glatzeder

Rolf Rosenow
Inge Keller's headshot

Inge Keller

Mrs. von Roettger
Dieter Mann's headshot

Dieter Mann

Erich
Carmen-Maja Antoni's headshot

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Kurt Müller-Reitzner's headshot

Kurt Müller-Reitzner

Major

Recommendations