France / May 16, 1979 / Cannes Film Festival
1h 43min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Based on the play of the same name by Aleksandr Volodin "Five Evenings". The end of the 1950s. Aleksandr Petrovich Ilyin travels to the city where he lived before the war. Visiting the telephone operator Zoya, he sees a familiar house through the window and decides to go there for only fifteen minutes. So Aleksandr gets into a communal apartment, where the love of his youth Tamara Vasilyevna lives. They met twenty years ago and fell in love, but the war separated them. Now Ilyin and Tamara Vasilyevna met again, and love broke out with renewed vigor...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Naum Kanarsky | episode |
| Nina Ter-Osipyan | episode |
| Sergey Lobankov | episode |
| Lyudmila Gajlikovskaya | episode |
| Inna Vykhodtseva | episode (uncredited) |
| Valentin Kulik | episode (uncredited) |
| Vladimir Salnikov | episode (uncredited) |
Genres
DramaRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Пять вечеров |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Mosfilm |
| Release date | 4 giugno 1979 |
| Executive producer | Willie Geller |
| Writer | Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Adabashyan, Aleksandr Volodin, Yuli Kim, O. Kozlova |
| Editing | Eleonora Praksina, Bozhena Maslennikova |
| Cinematography | Pavel Lebeshev, L. Kapustina, Anatoliy Vasilyev, A. Pashvykin, B. Yelyan, Eduard Gimpel |
| Assistant directors | Vladimir Fridman, A. Tsvetnova, Anatoliy Romanenko, S. Kundel, Mikhail Solodukhin, Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Lighting | Sergey Shebeko |
| Camera operators | Pavel Lebeshev, L. Kapustina, Anatoliy Vasilyev, A. Pashvykin, B. Yelyan, Eduard Gimpel |
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| Additional photography | Pavel Lebeshev, L. Kapustina, Anatoliy Vasilyev, A. Pashvykin, B. Yelyan, Eduard Gimpel |
| Production design | Aleksandr Samulekin, Alexander Adabashyan |
| Art direction | Aleksandr Samulekin, Alexander Adabashyan |
| Set decoration | Aleksandr Samulekin, Alexander Adabashyan |
| Visual effects | Yuriy Chekmaryov, D. Pletnikov |
| Music | Minna Blank, Ekaterina Popova-Evans |
| Sound | Minna Blank, Ekaterina Popova-Evans |
| Costume design | Maya Abar-Baranovskaya, E. Shadrina, N. Minayeva |
| Makeup | Maya Abar-Baranovskaya, E. Shadrina, N. Minayeva |
| Hairstyling | Maya Abar-Baranovskaya, E. Shadrina, N. Minayeva |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Russia / Jun 04, 1979
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