The First Echelon
| The First Echelon | |
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| Directed by | Mikhail Kalatozov |
| Written by | Nikolai Pogodin |
| Starring | Vsevolod Sanayev Nikolay Annenkov Oleg Yefremov Izolda Izvitskaya |
| Cinematography | Sergey Urusevsky Yuri Ekelchik |
| Edited by | Zoya Verevkina |
| Music by | Dmitri Shostakovich |
Production company | |
Release date | 1955 |
Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The First Echelon (Russian: Первый эшелон, translit. Pervyy eshelon) is a 1955 Soviet film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, for which Dimitri Shostakovich[1] wrote the music. A touching romance between the Secretary of the Komsomol organization Alexey Uzorov and tractor driver Anna Zalogina on the background of Virgin Lands Campaign in Kazakhstan.[2]
Cast[]
- Vsevolod Sanayev as Alexey Yegorovich Dontsov, state farm director
- Nikolay Annenkov as Kashtanov, secretary of the RC
- Oleg Yefremov as Alexey Uzorov
- Izolda Izvitskaya as Anna Zalogina
- Nina Doroshina as Nelly Panina
- Vyacheslav Voronin as Troyan
- Khoren Abrahamyan as Varten Vartanyan
- Tatiana Doronina as Zoya
References[]
- ^ Rollberg, Peter (20 July 2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman / Littlefield. ISBN 9781442268425. Retrieved 10 February 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ КиноПоиск. Все фильмы планеты
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Categories:
- Russian-language films
- 1955 films
- Films directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
- Films scored by Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1955 drama films
- Soviet films
- Soviet drama films
- Mosfilm films
- 1950s Soviet film stubs