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John Reed:
I must see my wife. It's very urgent, and I ask only for a single place on a train. Grigory Zinoviev:
But you have a place on the train! You have a place on the train of this revolution. You have been like so many others, the best revolutionaries. One of the engineers on the locomotive of this train that pulls this revolution on the tracks of historical necessity laid out for it by the party. You can't leave us now. We can't replace you. What right do you have to leave? John Reed:
I'm not sure. Grigory Zinoviev:
To do what? To see your wife?
I must see my wife. It's very urgent, and I ask only for a single place on a train. Grigory Zinoviev:
But you have a place on the train! You have a place on the train of this revolution. You have been like so many others, the best revolutionaries. One of the engineers on the locomotive of this train that pulls this revolution on the tracks of historical necessity laid out for it by the party. You can't leave us now. We can't replace you. What right do you have to leave? John Reed:
I'm not sure. Grigory Zinoviev:
To do what? To see your wife?
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It's very urgent
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and I ask only for a single place on a train
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But you have a place on the train
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You have a place on the train of this revolution
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You have been like so many others the best revolutionaries
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One of the engineers on the locomotive of this train
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that pulls this revolution on the tracks of historical necessity
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laid out for it by the party
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You can't leave us now We can't replace you
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What right do you have you to leave I'm not sure
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To do what To see your wife
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Movie Summary
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

