The First Echelon
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]
| The First Echelon | |
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| Directed by | Mikhail Kalatozov | 
| Written by | Nikolai Pogodin | 
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| Edited by | Zoya Verevkina | 
| Music by | Dmitri Shostakovich | 
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Release date  | 1955 | 
Running time  | 114 minutes | 
| Country | Soviet Union | 
| Language | Russian | 
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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