Movielogr
Krasnaya strela (1987)
Directed by Iskander Khamrayev, Igor Sheshukov
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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.
Length 92 minutes
Actors
Kirill Lavrov | Yelena Prudnikova | Andrey Smirnov | Osvalds Bērziņš | Vladimir Eryomin | Lyudmila Arinina | Galina Figlovskaya | Zoya Bogomolova | Mariya Lavrova | Vadim Yakovlev | Artyom Karapetyan | Pyotr Shelokhonov | Александр Вдовин | Vadim Lobanov | Afanasiy Trishkin