Lenin... The Train is an English-language TV film directed by Damiano Damiani in 1988.^[1] The film was released on 30 November 1988 by Rai 2.^[2] It is based on Vladimir Lenin's journey from Switzerland to Petrograd by sealed train through war time Germany during the Russian Revolution of 1917.^[1]

Lenin's role is played by British actor Ben Kingsley. The film is two part 198 minutes.

The film was produced by Rai 2 and Taurus Film in collaboration with Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) and Televisión Española (TVE).

Cast

• Ben Kingsley as Lenin
• Leslie Caron as Nadezhda "Nadya" Krupskaya
• Dominique Sanda as Inessa Armand
• Timothy West as Alexander Parvus (Helphand)
• Peter Whitman as Karl Radek
• Xabier Elorriaga as Fritz Platten
• Jason Connery as David Suljashvili
• Paolo Bonacelli as Grigory Zinoviev
• Wolfgang Gasser as Julius Martov
• Mattia Sbragia as Furstenberg
• Robin McCallum as Von Buhring
• Günther Maria Halmer as Von Planetz
• Dagmar Schwarz as Olga
• Verena Mayr as Clarissa
• Hans Kraemmer as Von Romberg
• Alan Goodson as Georgy Safarov