Queen of the Gas Station

Queen of the Gas Station is a 1963 Soviet comedy film directed by Olexiy Myshurin and Nikolai Litus. The events of the movie revolve around a gas station on a highway between Kyiv and Kharkiv, filmed in Pyriatyn, Poltava Oblast. Plot Poltava resident Lyudmyla Dobryvechir tries become an announcer on television but does not pass the audition because of her terrible diction. She dreams of becoming a flight attendant on the Tu-104 — but this also does not come to pass. Now Lyudmyla is once again preparing to enter the ensemble "Ballet on Ice". She compensates the lack of ice with training on roller skates and temporarily finds work as a tanker at a gas station. Not everything works out for the new worker, but cheerful disposition and resourcefulness help her not only to master a new specialty, but also radically rebuild the industry of the entire gas station. Cast Nadezhda Rumyantseva - Lyudmyla Dobryvechir (Dobryvechir means good evening in Ukrainian) Andriy Sova - Panas Petrovych, Head of the Gas Station Alexei Kozhevnikov - Taras Shpychko, the driver of the UAZ with a portable film projector Nonna Koperzhynska - Rohnіda Karpivna, barmaid at the gas station Yuri Belov - Slavko Koshovyi, driver of intercity passenger bus Vladimir Belokurov - Olexandr Yukhymovych Vedmid' ("Bear"), the driver of the first class Sergei Blinnikov - Comrade Babiy Victor Myagky - Comrade Borshch, road chief Mykola Yakovenko - Comrade Lopata, road chief Evgenia Opalova - teacher Viktor Khalatov - the seller in a department store Pavlo Vynnyk - Podorozhniy, Senior Lieutenant, Automobile Inspector Alexander Khvylya - bus passenger, priest Sergey Shemetilo - freight forwarder Mikhail Kramar - driver Nikolay Panasiev - Valeriy Hrach, Slavko's partner References