70 reviews
Drama/Comedy
2h 21m
1982
Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father. He gets off to have lunch during a twenty minute stop at...

Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father. He gets off to have lunch during a twenty minute stop at Zastupinsk railway station. He meets Vera, a waitress, after he refuses to pay her for the disgusting food he doesn't even touch and misses his train due to police investigation of the incident. His passport is then accidentally taken away from him by Andrei, Vera's fiancé, and his money is stolen as he waits for the next train to Griboedov. Vera learns that Platon is about to get sentenced and sent to prison in the Far East for a car accident he isn't guilty for. During the few days that Platon has to spend in Zastupinsk he and Vera develop feelings for each other...
- DirectorEldar Ryazanov
- Release6 June 1982
- Genre
- Duration2h 21m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate70 reviews
- Productions
Mosfilm
Cast

Lyudmila Gurchenko
Vera Nefyodova

Oleg Basilashvili
Platon Ryabinin

Nikita Mikhalkov
Andrey

Nonna Mordyukova
Uncle Misha

Mikhail Kononov
Nikolasha

Anastasia Voznesenskaya
Yulya

Aleksandr Shirvindt
Shurik

Tatyana Dogileva
Marisha

Olga Volkova
Violetta

Raisa Etush
Lyuda

Anatoliy Skoryakin
Superintendent

Stanislav Sadalskiy
Station Thief

Alla Budnitskaya
Platon's Wife

Zhanna Aleksandrova
Waitress

Ibragim Bargi
Senior Lieutenant

Viktor Bortsov
Restaurant Drunk

Anna Frolovtseva
Waitress

Aleksandr Konyashin
Bearded Porter

Grigory Mikhaylov
Market Seller

Aleksandr Pyatkov
Lieutenant

Eldar Ryazanov
Railroad Supervisor (uncredited)
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