Krasnaya strela (1987)
Overview
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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 0.723 |
Directed By
Iskander Khamrayev
Igor Sheshukov
Crew
Iskander Khamrayev
Igor Sheshukov
Edgar Dubrovsky
Aleksandr Ozhegov
Vadim Bibergan
Vladimir Burykin
Irina Gorokhovskaya
Yevgeni Gukov
Nikolai Elenbogen
Tatyana Vavilova
Dmitri Brodsky
Venyamin Kutikov
Boris Andreyev
TOP CAST
Kirill Lavrov
CEO Valeri Petrovich Kropotov
Elena Prudnikova
Valya
Andrey Smirnov
Karandin
Osvalds Bērziņš
Valdis
Vladimir Eryomin
Savitsky
Lyudmila Arinina
Natalia
Galina Figlovskaya
Golubeva
Zoya Bogomolova
Alexandra
Mariya Lavrova
Masha
Vadim Yakovlev
Antonov
Artyom Karapetyan
Vazgen
Petr Shelokhonov
Yusov
Alexandr Vdovin
Ovchinnikov
Vadim Lobanov
Panchin
Afanasiy Trishkin
Sokolovsky
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