"It's Not Evening Yet" (Еще не вечер) is a 1974 Soviet drama produced in the USSR, directed by Nikolay Rozantsev from a screenplay by Maya Ganina. It stars Inna Makarova, Kirill Lavrov, and Rimma Markova. A significant part of the location shooting took place in Gorky: the city played an unnamed provincial industrial city, giving modern viewers a rare opportunity to see how it looked in the 1970s.[1][2]
About the Film
The main character is Inna Kovaleva, who came to work at a factory as a fifteen-year-old girl during the war and tied her whole life to it. When her children had grown up and she finally had a chance to think about herself, she was offered the position of section foreman — and she accepted without hesitation.[3] The film, with a running time of 1 hour 26 minutes, was shot by cinematographer Aleksandr Chirov; the music was composed by Nikolay Chervinsky, and the production designers were Aleksey Fedotov and Nataliya Toreeva.[3] The world premiere took place on April 21, 1975.[3] On Kinopoisk, the film has a rating of 6.8 based on more than 1,300 ratings.[3]
Filming in Gorky
Most of the location shooting took place in the Zarechye part of Gorky, where the production scenes with the factory setting were filmed.[4] At the same time, views of the city's historic center also made it into the frame. Filming locations included:
- Verkhne-Volzhskaya Embankment — general views of the city;[2]
- Chkalov Staircase — panoramic scenes;[2]
- Dobrolyubov Street, Sergievskaya, and Ilyinskaya streets — street scenes;[2]
- Rozhdestvenskaya Street with the market — market scenes; the Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God also appears in the frame;[4]
- The building of the former Jupiter concert hall (the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Nizhny Novgorod Region) — filmed with a "Drama Theater" sign on the facade, standing in for the city's drama theater.[4][2]
Gorky is not named in the film — the city serves as a composite image of the Soviet provinces.[1] Thanks to these shots, the film now serves as a documentary record of the city's appearance in the 1970s, comparable in value to the postcards in the Soviet-era "City of Gorky" sets.[2]
Sources
- Kommersant (Volga Region) — Russian Cinema Day: What Has Been Filmed in Nizhny Novgorod
- Nizhegorodskaya Pravda — 10 Great Films Shot in Nizhny Novgorod
- kinopoisk.ru
- nn.aif.ru — Life Like in the Movies. Which Films Were Shot in Nizhny Novgorod? — AiF Nizhny Novgorod (archive)