Krasnaya strela

March. 25,1987

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Genre：

Drama History

Keywords：

1980s Soviet Union Communism

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Krasnaya strela 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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.

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

Galina Figlovskaya as Golubeva

Zoya Bogomolova as Alexandra

Mariya Lavrova as Masha

Vadim Yakovlev as Antonov

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