Station for Two

Station for Two
1983 English film poster by Aleksandr Makhov
Directed by	Eldar Ryazanov
Written by	Emil Braginsky Eldar Ryazanov
Starring	Lyudmila Gurchenko Oleg Basilashvili Nikita Mikhalkov Nonna Mordyukova Mikhail Kononov
Music by	Andrei Petrov
Cinematography	Vadim Alisov
Edited by	Valeriya Belova
Distributed by	Mosfilm
Release date	1982
Running time	141 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Station for Two (Russian: Вокзал для двоих, translit. Vokzal dlya dvoikh) is a 1982 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.

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.