Fast Train (russian: Скорый поезд, Skoryy poezd) is a 1988 Soviet television film directed by and based on a screenplay by Elena Laskareva.

Plot

Dining car A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (British English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant. It is distinct from other railroad food service cars that ...

waitress Olga Koreneva arrives in the village of Ferzikovo, home to her mother, Ksenia, and her son, Anton (nicknamed Spine). Ksenia's neighbors trust Olga. Ksenia inherited a small apartment from Baba Vali, who has recently died. Anton has constantly been at

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...

. Because of the son, fights constantly occur between Olga and Ksenia. To be with her beloved, Olga decides to take her son away from her mother.

Cast

Elena Mayorova Elena Vladimirovna Mayorova (russian: Еле́на Влади́мировна Майо́рова; 30 May 1958 – 23 August 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1989).Русский драматиче ...

as Olga Koreneva * Zhenya Pivovarov as Anton (Spine), Olga's son *

Lyudmila Zaytseva Lyudmila Vasilyevna Zaytseva (russian: Людмила Васильевна Зайцева; born 21 July 1946) is a Soviet and Russian film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989) and laureate of the State Prize of the USSR (1983). Her movie ...

as Vera Vasilyevna * Lidia Savchenko as Ksenia, Olga's mother *

Galina Stakhanova Galina Konstantinovna Stakhanova (russian: Гали́на Константи́новна Стаха́нова; born October 12, 1940 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema. Biography Galina Stakhanova was b ...

as Alla * Alexander Safronov as Rybakov * Alexander Boukleev as Pavel, director of the dining car

Shooting

Part of the filming took place in the village of Ferzikovo. The film includes shots of Ferzikovo railway station and footage of the boarding school, where the son of the main character Olga studies. The filming took place in the existing boarding school, which was located on the estate of Alexander Nikolayevich Chirikov.Усадьба Чириковых
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Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') i ...

: the film includes footage shot on the coastal road from

Kola Bay Kola Bay (russian: Кольский залив) or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long fjord of the Barents Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Kola Peninsula. It is up to 7 km wide and has a depth of 200 to 300 metres. The Tuloma, Rosta ...

, at and the Marine Station.

Award

*The prize for Best Actress at the Constellation Film Festival (Elena Mayorova)

References

External links

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Скорый поезд (фильм)
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Fast Train
' on Mosfilm Soviet television films Rail transport films Mosfilm films 1988 drama films Films set in Russia 1980s Russian-language films {{USSR-film-stub