Lenin, You Rascal, You

Lenin, You Rascal, You

Lenin, You Rascal, You

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Lenin, You Rascal, You

1972

1h 38m

5.4(5 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A comedy based on partially authentic events. The year is 1917, World War I is raging and dividing Germany between west and east. The Russian tsar is deposed. Lenin, who is in Zurich, wants to start a revolution – but how? An unbroken chain of accidents and assassination attempts ends in St. Petersburg, Lenin's target. This marks the beginning of 10 days that will shake the world.

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13 members

Acting

Peter Steen

Lenin

Peter Steen

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Dirch Passer

General Ludendorff

Dirch Passer

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Jørgen Ryg

Adjudant Mühlhausen

Jørgen Ryg

Acting

Judy Gringer

Madame Holliday

Judy Gringer

Acting

Ove Sprogøe

Mulligan

Ove Sprogøe

Acting

Eva Danné

Vanessa

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Lisbet Lundquist

Liza

Lisbet Lundquist

Acting

Ulf Pilgaard

Train Engineer

Ulf Pilgaard

Acting

Pedro Biker

Czar

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Otto Brandenburg

Czar's Bodyguard

Otto Brandenburg

Acting

Bodil Udsen

German Social Democrat

Bodil Udsen

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Per Goldschmidt

Kerenskij

Per Goldschmidt

Acting

Gotha Andersen

Piberenseren

Gotha Andersen

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