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(Redirected from A Railway Station for Two) 1983 Soviet Union film
Station for Two
1983 English film poster by Aleksandr Makhov
Directed byEldar Ryazanov
Written by
Starring
CinematographyVadim Alisov (born 20.02.1941 Kiev, Ukraine- died 09.05.2021 Moscow, Russia)
Edited byValeriya Belova (born 14.12.1938, Moscow, Russia)
Music byAndrei Petrov
Distributed byMosfilm
Release date
  • February 11, 1983 (1983-02-11)
Running time141 min.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Station for Two (Russian: Вокзал для двоих, romanized: Vokzal dlya dvoikh) is a 1983 Soviet romantic comedy directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film became the Soviet box office leader of 1983 with a total of 35.8 million ticket sales. It was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot summary

There are two main heroes in this movie: Vera, a waitress at a train station and Platon, a pianist. Platon is innocent of the crime he is accused of: he took the blame for his wife's driving over a pedestrian. On a leave from the penal colony to see his wife he gets stuck at a provincial railway station where he meets Vera. After a series events they fall in love... As a result Platon is about to be late for his return, which is equated to an escape attempt...

Platon's innocence is known to Platon's wife and Vera in whom he confided. However it turns out that Platon's life is of no interest to his wife, but Vera is ready to wait for his release.

Ideas for the filming

The script (the beginning and the end of the movie) is based on two real stories from the life of well-known people – the composer Mikael Tariverdiev and the poet Yaroslav Smelyakov.

The idea was given to the authors by Tariverdiyev. During the trip on his car, he took the passenger's seat and had one of the famous actresses drive his car. Unfortunately, it ended tragically. They had an accident and a pedestrian died. The composer decided to take the blame on himself to save the woman. There was a very long legal process that lasted about two years. Mikael was found guilty, but he was saved by amnesty. However, the affair with that woman did not last long.

The second story, which happened with the poet Smelyakov, was used in the ending of the film. He was arrested in the early 1950s and was sent to the Arctic Circle. In 1953, he was given a day off to meet his friends. The next morning after the feast friends woke up late and overslept the roll-call. Delay for the roll-call was equated with the escape. So, Smelyakov and his friends had to run a few kilometers along the snow-covered tundra to the camp. Towards the end of the road, his friends had to drag him up to the very gates of the camp, as he was too tired.

Cast

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Station for Two". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  2. "Почему Эльдар Рязанов снял "Вокзал для двоих"".
  3. "Вокзал для двоих. История создания".

External links

Films by Eldar Ryazanov
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