Lenin in Poland (1966)

5.5/10 93 min Drama

Overview

The life of the great Bolshevik leader before the Russian revolution is chronicled in this bio-pic. Much of the tale centers on his exile in Poland where Lenin becomes friends with two peasants. The little girl has a strong belief in the nationalist cause. Later Lenin hears she was killed for withholding information about him.

Cast

Maksim Shtraukh

Vladimir Lenin

Ilona Kuśmierska-Kocyłak

Ulka

Anna Lisyanskaya

Nadezhda Krupskaya

Tadeusz Fijewski

Secretary of the prison

Edmund Fetting

Honecki

Gustaw Lutkiewicz

Investigator

Kazimierz Rudzki

Priest

Ludwik Benoit

Prison Guard

Krzysztof Kalczyński

Andrzej

Henryk Hunko

Prison Guard

Zbigniew Skowroński

Matyszczuk

Jarema Stępowski

Józef Anhalt

Wanda Jakubińska

Andrzej Jurczak

Soldier

Alfred Łodziński

Innkeeper

Bernard Michalski

Jerzy Moes

Journalist

Jerzy Nowak

Austrian Officer

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