Krasnaya strela

Krasnaya strela is the special train No1 between Leningrad and Moscow The film is set in the 1980s during perestroika in the Soviet Union Kropotov Lavrov is communist CEO of a big industrial company in Leningrad He 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by Kropotovs manipulative control The government order is not accomplished and Kropotov gets fired He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No1 to Moscow