Springing Lenin
Flora, an eccentric Scottish spinster , greets the collapse of Communism with her own stubborn gesture to snap up a statue of Lenin on the cheap, and tow it home across a bemused or hostile Europe
Director
Andrey Nekrasov
Writers
N/A
Stars
Geraldine McEwan, Sandra Voe, Michael Mellinger
Release Date
September 9, 1992
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
🎭 Top Cast
Geraldine McEwan
as Flora
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Sandra Voe
as Mrs. Shillinglaw
Michael Mellinger
as Bureaucrat
Hugh Dennis
as Peter
👤
Steve Punt
as Paul
👤
Nicola Van Dam
as Magda
👤
Marlene Morley
as Greta
Gertan Klauber
as Herr Gutbürger
👤
Lucy Bayler
as Frances
👤
Nicolas Serreau
as Jean-Luc
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Production
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), The European Script Fund, British Film Institute (BFI)
🏷️ Keywords
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📖 Synopsis
Flora, an eccentric Scottish spinster , greets the collapse of Communism with her own stubborn gesture to snap up a statue of Lenin on the cheap, and tow it home across a bemused or hostile Europe