The Red Arrow
movie

Released March 25, 1987
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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.
Cast

Kirill Lavrov
as
CEO Valeri Petrovich Kropotov

Elena Prudnikova
as
Valya

Andrey Smirnov
as
Karandin

Osvalds Bērziņš
as
Valdis

Vladimir Eryomin
as
Savitsky

Lyudmila Arinina
as
Natalia

Galina Figlovskaya
as
Golubeva

Zoya Bogomolova
as
Alexandra

Mariya Lavrova
as
Masha

Vadim Yakovlev
as
Antonov

Artyom Karapetyan
as
Vazgen

Petr Shelokhonov
as
Yusov
Crew

Iskander Khamrayev
as
Director
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Igor Sheshukov
as
Director

Edgar Dubrovsky
as
Writer
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Aleksandr Ozhegov
as
Writer

Vadim Bibergan
as
Music
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Irina Gorokhovskaya
as
Editor
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Yevgeni Gukov
as
Production Design
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Nikolai Elenbogen
as
Makeup Designer
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Tatyana Vavilova
as
Makeup Artist
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Dmitri Brodsky
as
Production Manager
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Venyamin Kutikov
as
Executive In Charge Of Production
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Boris Andreyev
as
Sound