Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
About Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
Two artillery officers meet a young woman in Moscow between battles. One of them falls in love with her, and they promise to meet on a bridge at six in the evening on the day the war ends. The war sends them different ways. They keep the meeting. The last scenes use the fireworks over Moscow.
Cast & crew
More about Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
Ivan Pyryev directed. Viktor Gusev wrote it. Valentin Pavlov photographed it. Tikhon Khrennikov wrote the music. Mosfilm released it in 1944 at 65 minutes. The Russian title is В 6 часов вечера после войны. The 1946 American release was called Six P.M. It was built as a follow-up to They Met in Moscow, with the same director, the same star, and the same composer. Marina Ladynina, Yevgeny Samoylov, and Ivan Lyubeznov lead.
Themes
Background
The story is set in the gaps between battles and ends on the Moscow celebration of the war's end. Mosfilm released it in 1944, before that end.
Making
Pyryev reused the team from They Met in Moscow: himself, Ladynina, and Khrennikov. Pavlov shot the Moscow meetings and the later reunion.
Look
Valentin Pavlov photographed the Moscow bridge meeting and the fireworks finish.
Music
Tikhon Khrennikov composed the score, as he had for They Met in Moscow.
Notes
- The meeting place is a Moscow bridge, and the hour is six in the evening.
- Ariadna Lysak and Yelena Savitskaya are also billed.
- They Met in Moscow (1941) is the Pyryev-Ladynina-Khrennikov film this one follows.
- The American title Six P.M. is from the 1946 release, two years after the Soviet opening.
- The pledge is kept against the victory fireworks.
Scenes
- The officers meet the woman in Moscow between battles.
- They set the reunion for six in the evening on a bridge when the war ends.
- The meeting is kept under the Moscow fireworks.
Influenced by
- They Met in Moscow (1941)
