Lenin...The Train
Lenin...The Train is an English language TV-film directed by Damiano Damiani in 1988.[1] The film was released on 30 November 1988 by Rai 2. It is based on Vladimir Lenin's journey from Switzerland to Petrograd by sealed train through war time Germany during the Russian Revolution of 1917.[2]
| Lenin...The Train Lenin: The Train | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Damiano Damiani (director) Nicola Piovani (music) Enzo Meniconi (Editing) Michael Pearson (book) Enrico Bergier (executive producer ) |
| Country of origin | Italy West Germany France Austria Spain |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 3h 18min |
| Release | |
| Original network | Rai 2 ORF ZDF TVE |
| Original release | 30 November 1988 (Italy) 30 April 1990 (France) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Lenin's role is played by British actor Ben Kingsley. The film is two part 198 minutes.
The film was produced by Rai 2 and Taurus Film in collaboration with Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) and Televisión Española (TVE).
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 Furstenberg
- 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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