The Red Arrow

Overview

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. 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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.

Details

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

Alexander Vdovin

Ovchinnikov

Vadim Lobanov

Panchin

Afanasiy Trishkin

Sokolovsky