Silence

Story

Synopsis

One day, a young woman with a child gets off a passenger train that has made an unscheduled stop at a small railway station called Tishina in the middle of the steppe. No one is there to meet her. She has been put off the train because her child is ill. The stationmaster, Ospanov, realizing that the newcomer is going through a difficult time, takes her into his apartment and offers her his help. Olga gradually gets used to the dull life of the station and its people. The child recovers. But Olga does not leave. Instead, she stays at the station...

Director

Alexander Karpov

Writers

Boris Tetkin

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

Release date

8 May 1961

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Raisa Kurkina

  Ольга

• 

  Kanabek Baiseitov

  Оспанов

• 

  Alexander Karpov

  Сафонов

• 

  Serke Kozhamkulov

  старый обходчик

• 

  Pavel Shpringfeld

  Головин

• 

  Mukhtar Bakhtygereev

  Нартай

• 

  Artur Nishchyonkin

  Борис

• I. Shalabaeva

  Шалимова

• 

  Shakhan Musin

  Нурчали

• 

  Leonid Yasinovsky

  Мороз

• 

  Yuriy Sorokin

  геолог

• Zinaida Morskaya