Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Russia
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Russian — subtitles on.
The story
During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.
- world war ii
- russian soldier
- soldier
- soldier on leave
- return home
- reflective
- soldiers of the russian empire
- blaze of glory
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Vladimir Ivashov
Alyosha Skvortsov
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Shura
Antonina Maksimova
Katerina, Alyosha's Mother
Nikolay Kryuchkov
The General
- Evgeniy Urbanskiy — Vasya, the Invalid
- Elza Lezhdey — Liza, the Invalid's Wife
- Aleksandr Kuznetsov — Gavrilkin, the Train Sentry
- Yevgeni Teterin — The Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast'
- Valentina Markova — Zoya, Skvortsovs' Neighbor
- Mariya Kremneva — Elizaveta Petrovna, Pavlov's Wife
- Vladimir Pokrovskiy — Vasiliy Egorovich, Pavlov's Father
- Georgiy Yumatov — The Driver
- Gennadiy Yukhtin — Seryozha Pavlov
- Valentina Telegina — Old Woman Truck Driver
- Lev Borisov — The Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy
- Directed
- Grigoriy Chukhray
- Written
- Grigoriy Chukhray, Valentin Ezhov
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 220 ratings
- Studio
- Mosfilm
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