2 Movies Starring Nonna Mordyukova

The Commissar

The Commissar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-08-26

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (880 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Aleksandr Askoldov

Vasiliy Grossman (story)

Fullplot:

Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life.

A Railway Station for Two

A Railway Station for Two

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-02-11

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

141 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1493 Reviews)

Director:

Eldar Ryazanov

Genres:

Romance

Fullplot:

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 fiancè, 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...

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