''Hourglass'' () is a 1984 Soviet melodrama film directed by Sergei Vronsky and starring

Anatoly Kuznetsov Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (russian: Анато́лий Васи́льевич Кузнецо́в; August 18, 1929, Kiev, USSR – June 13, 1979, London) was a Russian-language Soviet writer who described his experiences in German-occupied K ...

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Plot

At the resort, chance brings together Grebentsov and Panshin, former fellow soldiers. Grebentsov had once vacationed in these places, and then he had an affair with a beautiful local girl, Nadya. And now she appears again in Grebentsov's life. The past enters the present and may change tomorrow.

Cast

as Grebentsov *

as Panshin *

as Nadya * Lyudmila Karaush as Lyudmila * Lyudmila Nilskaya as Inga *

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as Sergey * Vadim Terentyev as Bauer * Maya Blinova as Bauer's wife * German Kachin as Driver * Vladimir Artyomov as Yura Atlanov *

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as Galya * Aleksandra Sorokoumova as Veronika * Anatoliy Skoryakin as Andrey In one of the episodes, together with actor

starred his wife and ten-year-old daughter.

Production

Filming was took place in

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Release

The film was theatrically released on July 9, 1984. The film also was screened on Soviet TV in 1987–1990 after its theatrical run.

Response

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, considering the roles of Anatoly Kuznetsov, who plays the main role in the film, wrote that in this film there was a transition in his role:

''The image of the artist expanded from a "warrior" to a "front-line soldier". Grebentsov wears a regular civilian suit, not a gymnosperm or a tunic, he does not crawl with a grenade to the enemy trench, he does not command in battle, but leads an industrial headquarters, but much of his behavior today comes from front-line upbringing, from what was experienced in the fields of war. And yet, the war is dissolved in the blood of all those who have at least seen that black and great time as a child. The main creative task of Anatoly Kuznetsov organically included the theme: who have you become, front-line soldier?''

The only film as a director of cinematographer Sergei Vronsky, the film is considered forgotten:

''In "Hourglass" he will tell the story of front-line soldiers who return to the southern town where they once fought, loved... a meeting "twenty years later" can change fate. Unfortunately, television has forgotten about this film. Will they remember for the
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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0087906 1980s Soviet films Soviet drama films Debut films Mosfilm films 1984 drama films Lost Soviet films 1980s lost films Lost drama films