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The Small Railway Station (1963)

The Small Railway Station poster
Original title
Полустанок
Directed by
Boris Barnet
Genre
comedy film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 11m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An academician travels to a village for a quiet vacation but finds the place much more chaotic than he expected. He deals with a series of humorous and unexpected events involving the locals.

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What happens

Whistle Stop (Russian: Полустанок) is a 1963 Soviet comedy film directed by Boris Barnet. The film tells about the academician, who is going for a vacation in the village, but there it is not as calm as he expected it to be. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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