Station for two
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Station for two |
| Original title | Вокзал для двоих |
| Country of production | USSR |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 141 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Eldar Ryazanov |
| script |
Emil Braginski Eldar Ryazanov |
| production | Mosfilm |
| music | Andrei Petrov |
| camera | Vadim Alissov |
| cut | Valeria Belowa |
| occupation | |
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Station for two ( Вокзал для двоих is) a Soviet feature film, directed by Eldar Ryazanov from the year 1983 .
action
The musician Platon Ryabinin, who faces several years of imprisonment because he is responsible for a fatal traffic accident caused by his wife, takes another train trip to see his sick father. During a stop at a small provincial train station, travelers are given the opportunity to have a warm meal in the train station restaurant. Because there is no diet food and Plato does not want the prepared food, he wants to leave the restaurant again. But the waitress Vera asks him to pay for the food on the table to be eaten. The dispute goes so far that a militiaman has to be called in and the discussion that has now arisen lasts until Plato can only watch the train. This is also where his suitcases are and the next train to its destination doesn't leave until the next day. But it gets worse. A friend of Vera's, a train attendant on another train, arrives with two suitcases full of melons and asks Plato to take care of them while he and Vera have disappeared in a train compartment. He keeps Plato's passport as a deposit for the suitcases, but forgets to give it back to him before his train continues. So Plato can only get his passport back the next day, on the train attendant's return journey. To top it off, his wallet with over 200 rubles was stolen from him in the waiting room.
The unfriendly waitress now feels a little responsible for the traveler who has gotten so badly in a tight spot and takes care of him helpfully. The first thing they do is try to sell the melons in the market. Over time, the two get along better and Plato invites Vera to eat and dance in the train station restaurant that evening. He uses a break in the dance band to earn the money for the entertainment by playing the piano. After the restaurant has closed, they are now trying to find a place to stay for the pianist, but Vera does not manage this despite their relationships. In return, Plato is able to show her his wife in a hotel lobby, who is speaking the weather report on television. But since their last bus has left in the meantime, they now need quarters for both of them, which they can find in a parked railway wagon, of course in separate cabins. And so between the two of them, from the initial antipathy, more and more affection and the beginning of a deep love arise.
In the labor camp in Siberia, Plato receives the news that his wife has come to visit the village ten kilometers away and that he will have an unaccompanied exit until the roll call the next morning. On the way through the heavily snow-covered landscape, he still has to pick up an accordion from the repairs. His wife is not waiting for him in the village, it is Vera who spoils him with the most beautiful dishes he has not seen for a long time. There is even a bottle of vodka. The next morning they overslept and together they run to the camp, hoping to arrive on time. The roll call has already started there and Plato is reported missing, which is a serious crime. But on the other side of the camp fence he suddenly begins, on Vera's advice, to play the accordion, which proves to the camp commandant that Plato did not flee.
production
The film, shot in color, premiered in the Soviet Union on February 11, 1983 under the title Вокзал для двоих .
On May 8, 1983 Station for Two was shown in the competition program at the Cannes International Film Festival .
In the GDR it was first seen on October 28, 1983 on the occasion of the XII. Festival of Soviet film staged in the Kosmos cinema in Berlin . The film was broadcast in the second program on November 24, 1989 on East German television.
In order to show Bahnhof für Zwei on March 12, 1987 on ZDF , the station, in cooperation with Eldar Rjasanow and Ottokar Runze , produced a new German version, which was repeated on October 14, 1987, due to serious changes in the dialogue in the GDR synchronization has been.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Plato Ryabinin | Oleg Bassilashvili | Otto Mellies |
| Andrei | Nikita Mikhalkov | Dietmar Richter-Reinick |
| Uncle Misha | Nonna Mordjukowa | Anne Wollner |
| Julia | Anastasia Voznesenskaya | Evamaria Bath |
| Violetta | Olga Volkova | Helga Sasse |
| Shurik | Alexander Schirwindt | Rainer Büttner |
criticism
In the daily newspaper Neue Zeit, Helmut Ullrich says that the author and the director have created a masterpiece. And no matter how long this film is - almost two and a half hours - there are no lengths in it, if you don't want to miss an episode, because each one contributes to the realistic truth of the plot and its characters.
Vasily Grammatikow doubt in the new time for a moment because it is the film is a real comedy. He was convinced of this by the salmon volleys, which remained silent for two and a half hours. However, the story involuntarily makes the viewer think about the dignity of love, about its dazzling spiritual power. The socio-moral effect of this film is also apt, a result of the relentless exposure of sloppiness and flakiness as well as larger sins such as cynicism and adaptation. Good acting performances and the inexhaustible acumen of the director and actors captivate and drag the audience away. From an inexperienced, funny situation, a deep reflection about life grows here.
The lexicon of international films described the film as a romantic comedy that tells an unusual love story full of charm and tenderness. Last but not least, the loving, ironic inclusion of irregularities in Soviet everyday life is what makes the differentiated and brilliantly played film so attractive.
Awards
- 1984: Critics' award Great Flap of the GDR as the best foreign production
Web links
- Station for two in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Train station for two at kino-teatr.ru
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neue Zeit of October 28, 1983; P. 4
- ↑ Neue Zeit of December 15, 1983; P. 4
- ^ Station for two. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .