The Red Arrow
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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. Valeriy Kropotov is CEO of a big industrial company in Leningrad who 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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.
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Cast
15 people
Kirill Lavrov
CEO Valeri Petrovich Kropotov
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Elena Prudnikova
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Iskander Khamrayev Director · Igor Sheshukov Director Edgar Dubrovsky Writer
First release March 25, 1987 · Produced in Russia · Original title Красная стрела
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Красная стрела
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · March 25, 1987
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No release date listed for United States.
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