A Railway Station for Two

Vokzal dlya dvoikh

Soviet Union

1983

141 Min

Color

1.37:1

Russian

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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SCR Eldar Ryazanov, Emil Braginskiy

CAST Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Basilashvili, Nikita Mikhalkov, Nonna Mordyukova, Mikhail Kononov, Anastasiya Voznesenskaya, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Tatyana Dogileva, Olga Volkova, Raisa Etush, Temur Yunusov, Anatoli Skoryakin, Stanislav Sadalskiy, Alla Budnitskaya

There are three main heroes in this movie: Vera, a waitress; Platon, a pianist; and… a train station where these two people met. The differences in the heroes’ characters and professions, the plight that Platon found himself in (he is to be arrested and undergo trial) trigger a host of both amusing and sad situations which serve as a backdrop for their unfolding love. Platon is innocent of the crime he is accused of. He simply took the blame for his wife’s driving over a pedestrian. But this is known only to Platon’s wife and Vera in whom he confided. However, after the verdict has been passed, Platon’s life is of no interest to his wife, although Vera is ready to wait for his release. —wikipedia

Director

Eldar Ryazanov

Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (b. 18 November 1927) is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous throughout the former Soviet Union.
He was named a People’s Artist of the USSR in 1984, and received the USSR State Prize in 1977. The asteroid 4258 Ryazanov is named after him.
Among his most famous films are Carnival Night (1955), Hussar Ballad (1962), Beware of the Car (1966), The Irony of Fate (1975), Office Romance (1977), The Garage (1979), and A Cruel Romance (1984). Ryazanov’s main genre is tragicomedy.

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2Apr12

An extremely well executed pre-perestroika movie that delivers human drama and satirical revelations about the soviet system in a classic romantic comedy setup.