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6.1 / 10(28 votes)IMDb19791h 43mSoviet Union

Five Evenings

Пять вечеров

Synopsis

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...

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FIVE EVENINGS (Pyat vecherov) - Soviet Cinema - FilmDoo

Type: Teaser • Published 2016-12-02

Release History & Theatrical Window

World Premiere

Cannes Film Festival

Festival / Special Debut

Key Information & Fast Facts

Director
Nikita Mikhalkov
Screenplay & Story
Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Adabashyan, Aleksandr Volodin, Yuli Kim, O. Kozlova
Original Title
Пять вечеров
Country of Origin
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian
Runtime
1h 43m
Production Studios
Mosfilm

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Nikita Mikhalkov

Screenplay & Story

Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Adabashyan, Aleksandr Volodin, Yuli Kim, O. Kozlova

Director of Photography

Pavel Lebeshev

Film Editing

Eleonora Praksina

Producers

Willie Geller

Department Leadership Roster

Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov

Director

Maya Abar-Baranovskaya

Costume Design

Aleksandr Samulekin

Aleksandr Samulekin

Production Design

Pavel Lebeshev

Pavel Lebeshev

Director of Photography

Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov

Writer

Eleonora Praksina

Editor

Alexander Adabashyan

Alexander Adabashyan

Writer

Alexander Adabashyan

Alexander Adabashyan

Production Design

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Frequently Asked Questions About Five Evenings

Quick factual answers about cast, synopsis, director, box office, and release information.

What is Five Evenings about?

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...

Who directed Five Evenings?

Five Evenings was directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.

Who stars in Five Evenings?

The principal cast of Five Evenings includes Lyudmila Gurchenko, Stanislav Lyubshin, Valentina Telichkina, Larisa Kuznetsova, Igor Nefyodov.

When was Five Evenings released and how long is it?

Five Evenings was released in 1979 with a total runtime of 1h 43m.