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The Red Arrow

1987 92 min ★ 4.0 Drama History

The Red Arrow is the special train No.1 between Leningrad and Moscow. The film is set in the 1980s during perestroika in the Soviet Union. Valeriy Kropotov is CEO of a big industrial company in Leningrad who 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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.

Director: Iskander Khamrayev Director: Igor Sheshukov Writer: Edgar Dubrovsky Writer: Aleksandr Ozhegov

Cast

Kirill Lavrov Kirill Lavrov CEO Valeri Petrovich Kropotov
Elena Prudnikova Elena Prudnikova Valya
Andrey Smirnov Andrey Smirnov Karandin
Osvalds Bērziņš Osvalds Bērziņš Valdis
Vladimir Eryomin Vladimir Eryomin Savitsky
Lyudmila Arinina Lyudmila Arinina Natalia
Galina Figlovskaya Galina Figlovskaya Golubeva
Zoya Bogomolova Zoya Bogomolova Alexandra
Mariya Lavrova Mariya Lavrova Masha
Vadim Yakovlev Vadim Yakovlev Antonov
Artyom Karapetyan Artyom Karapetyan Vazgen
Petr Shelokhonov Petr Shelokhonov Yusov