On the Way to Lenin

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 15, 1970

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, Russian

Countries

Germany, Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm,DEFA,DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Cast

Gottfried Richter,Mikhail Ulyanov,Helga Göring,Winfried Glatzeder,Inge Keller,Dieter Mann,Carmen-Maja Antoni,Kurt Müller-Reitzner,Wolfgang Pampel,Rolf Rippergerand 18 more

Director

Günter Reisch

Writer

Helmut Baierl,Yevgeni Gabrilovich,Alfred Kurella

Cinematography

Jürgen Brauer,Valeriy Vladimirov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0066509