Five Evenings
Directed by	Nikita Mikhalkov
Written by	Aleksandr Adabashyan Nikita Mikhalkov Aleksandr Volodin (play)
Produced by	Willy Geller
Starring	Stanislav Lyubshin Lyudmila Gurchenko
Cinematography	Pavel Lebeshev
Edited by	Eleonora Praksina
Music by	Eduard Artemyev Yuliy Kim
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1978
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Five Evenings (Russian: Пять вечеров, romanized: Pyat vecherov) is a Soviet drama film by Nikita Mikhalkov in 1978 ^[1] based on the same name play by Aleksandr Volodin.^[2]

Plot

Tamara lives with her nephew Slavik, whose mother died in the war. Tamara herself works as a master at the factory, she is a member of the party, not married. Ilyin says that he works as chief engineer at a chemical plant in Podgorsk. He remains with Tamara, and soon meets Slavik. During the conversation, in response to Slavik's ironic recall of Tamara, Ilyin warns Slavik that he will not allow unkind words about her.

Cast

• Stanislav Lyubshin as Aleksandr (vocal by Sergey Nikitin)
• Lyudmila Gurchenko as Tamara
• Igor Nefyodov as Slavik
• Aleksandr Adabashyan as Timofeyev
• Valentina Telichkina as Zoya

Awards

• Valladolid International Film Festival — Best Actor (Stanislav Lyubshin)^[3]
• Soviet Screen Award — Best Actor (Stanislav Lyubshin)^[4]
• 55th place in the list of 100 best films according to Russian Guild of Film Critics^[5]