Krasnaya strela is the special train No.1 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 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 He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.
| Directing | Iskander Khamrayev | Director |
| Directing | Igor Sheshukov | Director |
| Writing | Edgar Dubrovsky | Writer |
| Writing | Aleksandr Ozhegov | Writer |
| Sound | Vadim Bibergan | Music |
| Crew | Vladimir Burykin | Cinematography |
| Editing | Irina Gorokhovskaya | Editor |
| Art | Yevgeni Gukov | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikolai Elenbogen | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatyana Vavilova | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Dmitri Brodsky | Production Manager |
| Production | Venyamin Kutikov | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Sound | Boris Andreyev | Sound |
