Station for Two

1983 2h 22m RU

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7.3

SOLID

★7.3TMDB · 87

DramaComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Platon is travelling by train to visit his father. He gets off to have lunch where he meets Vera, a waitress. He refuses to pay for the food after which a series of unfortunate events unfold for the pair.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lyudmila Gurchenko
Vera Nefyodova
Oleg Basilashvili
Platon Ryabinin
Nikita Mikhalkov
Andrey
Nonna Mordyukova
uncle Misha
Mikhail Kononov
Nikolasha
Anastasia Voznesenskaya
Yulya
Tatyana Dogileva
Marisha
Olga Volkova
Violetta

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Eldar Ryazanov
Writers: Emil Braginskiy, Eldar Ryazanov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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ERA

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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Eldar Ryazanov, shot by Vadim Alisov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Andrey Petrov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Valeriya Belova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Lyudmila Gurchenko and Oleg Basilashvili and Nikita Mikhalkov carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0084873 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 87 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Eldar Ryazanov directs. Vadim Alisov behind the camera. Andrey Petrov scores. Valeriya Belova cuts. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

143 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Eldar Ryazanov, shot by Vadim Alisov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Andrey Petrov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Valeriya Belova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Lyudmila Gurchenko and Oleg Basilashvili and Nikita Mikhalkov carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0084873 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 87 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.