Lenin: The Train (1988)

Name: Lenin: The Train
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Released: 1988-11-30
Duration: 198 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Dominique Sanda, Leslie Caron, Jason Connery, Timothy West

Lenin: The Train (1988), directed by Damiano Damiani, starring Ben Kingsley and Dominique Sanda.

11/30/1988 BR Drama, History and TV Movie 3h 18m

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March/April 1917. The first world war is already a couple year to pace. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Zürich Germany and Sweden to Sint-Petersburg. The outlaws stand under the guidance of Vladimir J. Lenin. Two senior officers support the revolutionary bomb "to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Yet there are some unpleasant clashes between Socialists and enthusiastic workers who are worried about the war. During train travel there comes an end to Lenin's affair with the gracious Inessa, and his wife Nadja is prepared take back him. The triumphant entrance in St. Petersburg will exceed all expectations....

Sebastiano CelesteCinematography
Damiano DamianiDirector, Writer
Enzo MeniconiEditing
Fulvio Gicca PalliWriter

About the film

Lenin... The Train is a 1988 English-language TV miniseries directed by Damiano Damiani. Produced by Rai 2 and Taurus Film in collaboration with Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) and Televisión Española (TVE), it premiered on 30 November on Rai 2. It follows Vladimir Lenin (Ben Kingsley) on his journey from Switzerland to Petrograd by sealed train through wartime Germany during the Russian Revolution of 1917.

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Cast

Ben Kingsley as Lenin

Leslie Caron as Nadezhda "Nadya" Krupskaya

Dominique Sanda as Inessa Armand

Timothy West as Alexander Parvus (Helphand)

Peter Whitman as Karl Radek

Xabier Elorriaga as Fritz Platten

Jason Connery as David Suljashvili

Paolo Bonacelli as Grigory Zinoviev

Wolfgang Gasser as Julius Martov

Mattia Sbragia as Fürstenberg

Robin McCallum as Von Buhring

Günther Maria Halmer as Von Planetz

Dagmar Schwarz as Olga

Verena Mayr as Clarissa

Hans Kraemmer as Von Romberg

Alan Goodson as Georgy Safarov

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Lenin...The Train at IMDb

Text from Lenin...The Train on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin...The_Train

Trivia

It premiered on November 30, 1988, a Wednesday.
It runs 3h18 — well over the usual two hours.
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosTF1 Films Production, RAI, ORF
CountriesAustria, Germany, France, Italy
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Sebastiano Celeste Cinematography
Damiano Damiani Director
Enzo Meniconi Editing
Damiano Damiani Writer
Fulvio Gicca Palli Writer

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What is Lenin: The Train about?

Lenin: The Train: March/April 1917. The first world war is already a couple year to pace. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Zürich Germany and Sweden to Sint-Petersburg. The outlaws stand under the guidance of Vladimir J. Lenin. Two senior officers support the revolutionary bomb "to ensure that everything runs…

Who directed Lenin: The Train?

Lenin: The Train was directed by Damiano Damiani in 1988.

Who stars in Lenin: The Train?

The cast of Lenin: The Train includes Ben Kingsley, Dominique Sanda, Leslie Caron, Jason Connery and Timothy West.

How long is Lenin: The Train?

Lenin: The Train runs for 198 minutes, or 3h18.