Hourglass (film)

Hourglass
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySergei Vronsky
Screenplay bySemyon Frejlikh, Sergei Vronsky
StarringAnatoly Kuznetsov, Nikolay Skorobogatov, Galina Polskikh
CinematographyFyodor Dobronravov, Viktor Shestopyorov
Music byVladimir Belousov, Stas Namin
Production
company
Release date
  • 9 July 1984 (1984-07-09)
Running time
89 min
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Hourglass (Russian: Песочные часы, romanized: Pesochnye chasy) is a 1984 Soviet melodrama film directed by Sergei Vronsky and starring Anatoly Kuznetsov, Nikolay Skorobogatov, Galina Polskikh.

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

In one of the episodes, together with actor Anatoly Kuznetsov starred his wife and ten-year-old daughter.[1]

Production

Filming took place in Kislovodsk, Stavropol Krai.[1]

Release

The film was theatrically released on July 9, 1984.[2] The film also was screened on Soviet TV in 1987–1990 after its theatrical run.[3][4][5]

Response

Yuri Nagibin, 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?[6]

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 Victory Day?[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Почему Анатолий Кузнецов четыре раза отказал Эльдару Рязанову" [Why Anatoly Kuznetsov refused Eldar Ryazanov four times]. 7days.ru (in Russian). March 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Советские художественные фильмы: Аннотированный катало (1984-1985) [Soviet Feature Films: Annotated Catalogue (1984-1985)] (in Russian). Moscow: Gosfilmofond. 2001. p. 120. ISBN 5-88289-150-7.
  3. ^ "Воскресенье, 25 января. Вторая программа, 21.40 "Песочные часы". Художественный фильм". Говорит и показывает Москва (in Russian). January 1987. p. 13.
  4. ^ "Телевидение. 26 января. Вторая программа, 12.10 «Песочные часы». Художественный фильм. «Мосфильм», 1986 год". Говорит и показывает Москва (in Russian). January 1987. p. 7.
  5. ^ "Пятница, 9 марта. Вторая программа, 9.05 «Песочные часы». Художественный фильм с субтитрами. «Мосфильм», 1984 г.". Говорит и показывает Москва (in Russian). March 1990. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Время жить". Современник. Moscow. 1987.
  7. ^ "Небо Сергея Вронского". Шестое чувство. No. 3. 2010.