Queen of the Gas Station

Queen of the Gas Station (Russian: Королева бензоколонки, romanized: Koroleva benzkolonki) is a 1963 Ukrainian Soviet comedy film directed by Oleksiy Mishurin [uk] and Nikolai Litus.

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 operation of the gas station.

The artistic council and most of the members of the film crew offered Nadezhda Rumyantseva for the main role, but the director sought to avoid cliches, and insisted on the candidacy of the little-known Estonian actress Terje Luik.

Nikolai Litus said that the fake gas station was so similar to the real one that one day a truck drove onto the set, the driver of which demanded to refuel it.

The acting trio Rumyantseva — Sova — Vynnyk tricked him: they refused to fill him up and also wanted to fine him for rudeness, but then they apologized and explained that a movie was being filmed here.