On the Way to Lenin

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Gottfried Richter Viktor Kleist

Mikhail Ulyanov Lenin

Helga Göring Mrs. Kleist

Winfried Glatzeder Rolf Rosenow

Inge Keller Mrs. von Roettger