A train travels through the vastness of Russia, a train with German prisoners of war returning home, and Viktor Kleist, a young German communist from an intellectual home in Munich, travels back home with them. During the journey, the stations on his way to Lenin wake up again.
| Directing | Günter Reisch | Director |
| Writing | Helmut Baierl | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yevgeni Gabrilovich | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alfred Kurella | Writer |
| Editing | Monika Schindler | Editor |
| Camera | Jürgen Brauer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Valeriy Vladimirov | Director of Photography |
