Six P.M.
Six P.M. is the 1946 American release title of the 1944 Soviet film At 6 P.M. After the War (Russian: В 6 часов вечера после войны, romanized: V shest chasov vechera posle voyny, (also At six o'clock in the evening after the war) by Ivan Pyryev.[1]
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| Directed by | Ivan Pyryev |
| Written by | Viktor Gusev |
| Starring | Marina Ladynina Ivan Lyubeznov Yevgeny Samoylov |
| Music by | Tikhon Khrennikov |
| Cinematography | Valentin Pavlov |
| Edited by | Anna Kulganek |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The film earned the 1946 Stalin Prize of 2nd degree for the director, the composer Tikhon Khrennikov, screenwriter Viktor Gusev, and lead actors Marina Ladynina, Ivan Lyubeznov, and Yevgeny Samoylov.
The Russian film title alludes to the agreement of the Good Soldier Švejk and sapper Vodička on their way to the front, to meet at the pub "By the Chalice" (U Kalicha) "at 6 p.m. after the war". In the film, the two young lovers agree to meet at 6 p.m. after the war at the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge in Moscow. Since then the expression has become a Russian catch phrase.[2]
Cast
- Marina Ladynina - Varia Pankova
- Ivan Lyubeznov - Lieutenant Pavel Demidov
- Yevgeny Samoylov - senior lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
- Ariadne Lisak - Fenya, Varia's friend
- Elena Savitskaya - Aunt Katya, building manager
- Yevgeny Morgunov - artilleryman
- Mikhail Pugovkin - artilleryman
- Tatyana Barysheva - resident of house number 5
- Irina Murzaeva - pianist
- Lyudmila Semyonova - anti-aircraft gunner
- Aleksandr Antonov - commander
- Margarita Zharov - collective farm girl (uncredited)
- Alexandra Danilova - anti-aircraft gunner (uncredited)
- Stepan Krylov - military (uncredited)
- Tatiana Govorkov - neighbor (uncredited)