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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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The First Echelon (Russian: Первый эшелон, translit. Pervyy eshelon) is a 1955 Soviet war romance film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, for which Dmitri Shostakovich[1] wrote the music. A touching romance between Komsomol secretary Alexey Uzorov and tractor driver Anna Zalogina on the background of Virgin Lands Campaign in Kazakhstan.[2] Part of Shostakovich's score was used as the basis for the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1. "Waltz II" from the suite was used in the 1999 Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut.
Cast
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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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- 1955 films
- Films directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
- Films scored by Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1950s war romance films
- 1950s war drama films
- 1955 romantic drama films
- Soviet war drama films
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- Soviet romantic drama films
- Mosfilm films
- 1950s Russian-language films
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