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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.

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

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