One of the best films of Eldar Ryazanov is the lyrical comedy Station for Two. The actors who played in this outstanding film are a harmonious, unusually bright ensemble.
History of creation
Ryazanov created his best scripts in collaboration with Emil Braginsky. Together, these outstanding filmmakers in 1982 and composed the story, which was filmed "Station for Two." The actors who performed the main roles are Lyudmila Gurchenko and Oleg Basilashvili. According to the script, the young artist was to play the main role. But Ryazanov at the last moment invited Gurchenko. For her, the role had to be completely rewritten.
“Station for two”, whose actors recreated the tragic story of two mature and lonely people on the screen, was created on the basis of real events. The once famous composer Tariverdiev was in love with actress Maksakova. They started an affair. The actress once, while driving a car that belonged to her lover, knocked down a man to death. Tariverdiev was brought to trial. Maksakova, even after years, denied any involvement in this matter. The composer managed to escape the conclusion only thanks to the amnesty.
Musician and waitress
Thus, the scriptwriters, using a story that once happened in real life, created a plot that was unusually moving and romantic. What is the picture of “Station for Two” about?
Actors in the first episodes play people experiencing acute antipathy to each other. Gurchenko appears before the audience in the image of a habalka, a typical employee of Soviet catering. Basilashvili plays the role of a sleek, arrogant and slightly hysterical Muscovite.
In the forecourt cafe there is a meeting of people from different worlds. Could there be anything in common between a waitress living on a tip and a pianist traveling around the world with concerts? Quite. At least, the creators of the film “Station for Two” believed in this.
Actors and roles
As the plot develops, the images of the main characters are revealed. Faith is by no means a bitchy special, but, on the contrary, a kind, but lonely and unhappy woman. Plato is not a spoiled metropolitan at all, but a man who can make a sacrifice for another. He takes the blame of his wife on himself. Plato does not hold evil at her, even despite the fact that his wife betrays him.
The role of the former lover of Vera, an enterprising guide, was played by Nikita Mikhalkov. The actors of the film “Station for Two” created a whole collection of vivid images. At the same time, even the main characters of the picture are not exclusively positive characters. These are ordinary people with their shortcomings and weaknesses. And that is why Ryazanov’s picture was so fond of the audience. And the replicas of her heroes went into quotes.
Minor roles
Nonna Mordyukova in the film played the heroine, the absence of which would not have affected the plot in any way. However, her role is perhaps the most striking. Mikhail Kononov embodied the image of a local policeman - Nikolasha. The heroines of Tatyana Dogileva and Anastasia Voznesenskaya became memorable. As for the participation in the filming of the outstanding actress Olga Volkova, the image of the waitress Violetta once again proved that there are no small roles.
Perhaps the most romantic episode in the film is the one where the hero Basilashvili organizes a small concert for Vera, thereby earning dinner in a restaurant. This scene, by the way, would have become quite sugary and cloying, if not for humor. And Alexander Shirvindt helps in this - he appears in the plot for a short while and plays the role of a restaurant musician, with a calm face performing popular hits for a tipsy audience.
"You walk well, only very slowly ..."
It is worth saying a few words about the final scene of the film. Vera comes to meet with Plato in the colony. In fact, in Soviet times, the punishment for fatal accidents was not as severe as it is today. Prisoners for such a crime were sent to a penal colony. However, if the writers took this fact into account, they would not have created such a penetrating epilogue.
In the morning, after a long-awaited meeting, Vera with all her might urges her running on a frosty road, her beloved beloved, because failure to appear on roll call is equal to running away. But there is no strength anymore, and lateness is inevitable. And a woman comes up with the idea that Plato should play. He picks up an accordion and performs a song based on the motive of the song "We live something without excitement." The hero was heard, he was saved, and the viewer looks at the ever-diminishing figure of a man playing in the middle of a white plain.