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.

Cast

Gottfried Richter

Viktor Kleist

Mikhail Ulyanov

Lenin

Helga Göring

Mrs. Kleist

Winfried Glatzeder

Rolf Rosenow

Inge Keller

Mrs. von Roettger

Dieter Mann

Erich

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Kurt Müller-Reitzner

Major

Wolfgang Pampel

Rolf Ripperger