

141 minutes
6/6/1982
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 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...

Lyudmila Gurchenko
as Vera Nefyodova

Oleg Basilashvili
as Platon Ryabinin

Nikita Mikhalkov
as Andrey

Nonna Mordyukova
as Uncle Misha

Mikhail Kononov
as Nikolasha

Anastasia Voznesenskaya
as Yulya

Aleksandr Shirvindt
as Shurik

Tatyana Dogileva
as Marisha

Olga Volkova
as Violetta

Raisa Etush
as Lyuda
Temur Yunusov
as Melon Seller

Anatoliy Skoryakin
as Superintendent

Stanislav Sadalskiy
as Station Thief

Alla Budnitskaya
as Platon's Wife

Zhanna Aleksandrova
as Waitress

Ibragim Bargi
as Senior Lieutenant

Viktor Bortsov
as Restaurant Drunk

Anna Frolovtseva
as Waitress
Tatyana Ignatova
as Melon Seller's Companion

Aleksandr Konyashin
as Bearded Porter

Grigory Mikhaylov
as Market Seller

Nina Palladina
as Melon Buyer

Aleksandr Pyatkov
as Lieutenant

Eldar Ryazanov
as Railroad Supervisor (uncredited)
Pyotr Kuznetsov