The Red Arrow

Overview

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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 25, 1987

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Lenfilm

Cast

Kirill Lavrov,Elena Prudnikova,Andrey Smirnov,Osvalds Bērziņš,Vladimir Eryomin,Lyudmila Arinina,Galina Figlovskaya,Zoya Bogomolova,Mariya Lavrova,Vadim Yakovlevand 5 more

Director

Igor Sheshukov,Iskander Khamrayev

Writer

Aleksandr Ozhegov,Edgar Dubrovsky

Cinematography

Vladimir Burykin

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0266706