The Red Arrow
Seen it?1987 | 92 min | Drama, History
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- If you count yourself among anyone who loves backroom deals and speeches and history buffs, this one's for you. Power and ambition drive every scene. A good follow-up to Suffragette or Tetris. Steeped in the 1980s, from the music to the hair.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- Lets scenes breathe, at 1 hr 32 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Iskander Khamrayev, Igor Sheshukov
- Kirill LavrovCEO Valeri Petrovich Kropotov
- Elena PrudnikovaValya
- Andrey SmirnovKarandin
- Osvalds BērziņšValdis
- Vladimir EryominSavitsky
- Lyudmila ArininaNatalia
- Galina FiglovskayaGolubeva
- Zoya BogomolovaAlexandra
- Mariya LavrovaMasha
- Vadim YakovlevAntonov