On the Way to Lenin

Synopsis

A train travels through the vastness of Russia, a train with German prisoners of war returning home, and Viktor Kleist, a young German communist from an intellectual home in Munich, travels back home with them. During the journey, the stations on his way to Lenin wake up again.

Director

Günter Reisch

Written by

Helmut Baierl

Studio

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Released

15 April 1970

Genres

Drama, History