The Red Arrow
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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.
Director
Igor Sheshukov
Writer
Aleksandr Ozhegov, Edgar Dubrovsky
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
