

On the Way to Lenin
1970, German. Directed by Günter Reisch.
A train travels through the vastness of Russia, a train with German prisoners of war returning home, and Viktor Kleist, a young German communist from an intellectual home in Munich, travels back home with them. During the journey, the stations on his way to Lenin wake up again.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 15 April 1970
- Original title
- Unterwegs zu Lenin
- Country
- Germany, Soviet Union, East Germany
- Written by
- Helmut Baierl, Alfred Kurella, Yevgeni Gabrilovich
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On the Way to Lenin runs 107 minutes (1h 47m).
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On the Way to Lenin isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 April 1970. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed On the Way to Lenin?
On the Way to Lenin (1970) was directed by Günter Reisch and stars Gottfried Richter, Mikhail Ulyanov, Helga Göring.