Il treno di Lenin

TV Movie
19881988
3h 18m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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Drama History War

March 1917. World War I is already three years in. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Germany and Sweden to St. Petersburg. The outlaws stand under the guidance of V... Read allMarch 1917. World War I is already three years in. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Germany and Sweden to St. Petersburg. The outlaws stand under the guidance of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, otherwise known as Lenin. Two senior officers support thenrevoluti... Read allMarch 1917. World War I is already three years in. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Germany and Sweden to St. Petersburg. The outlaws stand under the guidance of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, otherwise known as Lenin. Two senior officers support thenrevolutionary bomb "to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Yet there are some unpleasant clashes... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

328

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POPULARITY

39,241

3,748

Director
- Damiano Damiani
Writers
- Damiano Damiani(story)
- Enzo Bettiza(story)
- Dario Staffa(story collaboration)
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Ben Kingsley in Il treno di Lenin (1988)

Goofs
In the English version, an onscreen caption says that Russian refugees "are scattered all over Europa" (rather than "Europe").

Connections
Referenced in Vecherniy Urgant: Ben Kingsley/Zemlyane (2013)

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Featured review

8/10

By Train To The October Revolution

Before viewing 'Lenin: The Train' for the second time, I went and visited the On Line Encyclopedia to remember the Russia-1917-story. So, I found back Lenin, his mistress Inès, and all the people they had met on their way to the Revolution. This time they were very familiar to me. In this road motion picture, they are credible human beings. Damiani is a good director. The special atmosphere of travelling by train, I have always been fond of, is there. The regular knocking of the wheels on the rails, and the train that whistles are part of the cast and the drama. It's a film where we find a small bit of war and great moral battle; a few distressing scenes when people are killed; love and treason, shown with discretion, penetrate the soul. If there are some boring scenes in this 170 minutes film for which the 8/10 rate has not been robbed, they are washed away by the nice music. Go and see. Brilliant!

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