
The Red Arrow (1987)
1h 32m | PG-13
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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.
Director: Igor Sheshukov
Studio: Lenfilm
Genre: Drama, History
Video: 720p
Cast

Kirill Lavrov
as CEO Valeri Petrovich Kropotov

Elena Prudnikova
as Valya

Andrey Smirnov
as Karandin

Osvalds Bērziņš
as Valdis

Vladimir Eryomin
as Savitsky

Lyudmila Arinina
as Natalia