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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 71.1 / 100
1979·Drama / Romance·1h 48m

FIVE EVENINGS

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...

Above the Line
Nikita Mikhalkov·DirectorNikita Mikhalkov·WriterAlexander Adabashyan·WriterPavel Lebeshev·Director of PhotographyMinna Blank·Music EditorEleonora Praksina·Editor
Cast
Lyudmila Gurchenko·Tamara VasilyevnaStanislav Lyubshin·Aleksandr Petrovich IlyinValentina Telichkina·ZoyaLarisa Kuznetsova·KatyaIgor Nefyodov·SlavaAlexander Adabashyan·TimofeyevOlga Nikolayeva·episodeNaum Kanarsky·episodeNina Ter-Osipyan·episodeSergey Lobankov·episode
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 6
Nikita Mikhalkov·DirectorVladimir Fridman·First Assistant DirectorA. Tsvetnova·Assistant DirectorAnatoliy Romanenko·Assistant DirectorS. Kundel·Assistant DirectorMikhail Solodukhin·Assistant Director
Writing· 5
Nikita Mikhalkov·WriterAlexander Adabashyan·WriterAleksandr Volodin·Theatre PlayYuli Kim·LyricistO. Kozlova·Script Editor
Camera· 7
Pavel Lebeshev·Director of PhotographyL. Kapustina·Assistant CameraAnatoliy Vasilyev·Assistant CameraA. Pashvykin·Still PhotographerB. Yelyan·First Assistant CameraEduard Gimpel·First Assistant CameraD. Pletnikov·VFX Director of Photography
Editing· 2
Eleonora Praksina·EditorBozhena Maslennikova·Colorist
Sound & Music· 2
Minna Blank·Music EditorEkaterina Popova-Evans·Sound Director
Art & Design· 5
Maya Abar-Baranovskaya·Costume DesignAleksandr Samulekin·Production DesignAlexander Adabashyan·Production DesignE. Shadrina·Assistant Costume DesignerN. Minayeva·Makeup & Hair
Production· 1
Willie Geller·Executive Producer
Other Departments· 2
Sergey Shebeko·Lighting ArtistYuriy Chekmaryov·VFX Supervisor
By the Numbers
71.1
OF 100
Master Score
7.6
OF 10
IMDb
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

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Dominant Palette
3 colors
#000000
#8B4513
#D3D3D3
Mood
Melancholy
Composition
Centered
Era
1970s
Visual Style
Illustrated

“The movie poster features a woman standing on the left side of the image, wearing a two-toned coat and a white skirt, holding a purse. To her right is a televis”

romance
Key Elements
WomanManTelevisionDoorChairPhone
Atmosphere
Dark
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Indoor
Design Score
7/10
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