Hourglass (film)

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]

• Hourglass at IMDb