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On the Way to Lenin

On the Way to Lenin (1970)

1h 47m | PG-13

⭐ 5 / 10

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.

Director: Günter Reisch

Studio: DEFA

Genre: Drama, History

Video: 720p

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Cast

Gottfried Richter

Gottfried Richter

as Viktor Kleist

Mikhail Ulyanov

Mikhail Ulyanov

as Lenin

Helga Göring

Helga Göring

as Mrs. Kleist

Winfried Glatzeder

Winfried Glatzeder

as Rolf Rosenow

Inge Keller

Inge Keller

as Mrs. von Roettger

Dieter Mann

Dieter Mann

as Erich