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...
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Raisa Kurkina
Ольга
Known for
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Afonya
Kanabek Bayseitov
Оспанов
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Trizna
Alexander Karpov
Сафонов
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Serke Kozhamkulov
старый обходчик
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Rajchan
Songs of Abai
Pavel Shpringfeld
Головин
Known for
Gentlemen of Fortune
Mukhtar Bakhtygereev
Нартай
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Dzhamilia
Resound, Tam-Tam!
Artur Nishchyonkin
Борис
Also in
Conscience
Three Poplars on Plyuschikha Street
I. Shalabaeva
Шалимова
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Pass
Shakhan Musin
Нурчали
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Revenge
Crossroads
Leonid Yasinovsky
Мороз
Also in
Gunshot at the Mountain Pass
Ambush
Yuriy Sorokin
геолог
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Officers
Zinaida Morskaya
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Actress
The Invasion
Alexander Karpov Director · Boris Tetkin Writer Yevgeni Brusilovsky Composer
First release May 8, 1961 · Produced in Russia · Original title Тишина
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Kazakhfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Тишина
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Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 8, 1961
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