| Six P.M. | |
| Director: | Ivan Pyryev |
| Starring: | Marina Ladynina Ivan Lyubeznov Yevgeny Samoylov |
| Music: | Tikhon Khrennikov |
| Cinematography: | Valentin Pavlov |
| Editing: | Anna Kulganek |
| Studio: | Mosfilm |
| Runtime: | 94 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
Six P.M. is the 1946 American release title of the 1944 Soviet World War II film At 6 P.M. After the War (Russian: В 6 часов вечера после войны|V shest chasov vechera posle voyny, (also At six o'clock in the evening after the war) by Ivan Pyryev.
In the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War, a young artillery officer Pavel (Ivan Lyubeznov) receives a package from an orphanage. In a leave, his comrade and he go to the orphanage to see the children who sent it. Pavel meets there a young woman Varia (Marina Ladynina). They fall in love from the first sight. They agree to meet again in Moscow "in 6 p.m. after the War'. Varia joins the army and becomes an anti-aircraft gunner. Varia and Pavel meet again after the War.
The Russian film title alludes to the agreement of the Good Soldier Švejk and sapper Vodička on their way to the front, to meet at the pub "By the Chalice" (U Kalicha) "at 6 p.m. after the war". In the film, the two young lovers agree to meet at 6 p.m. after the war at the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge in Moscow. Since then the expression has become a Russian catch phrase.[1]
Another version connects the title with a poem written by the Soviet poet Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky during the Winter war with Finland in 1940. The poem entitled merely '6 P.M." has the line "at 6 P.M. after the War" as the refrain.