November 24, 1955
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The First Echelon (1955)

Name: The First Echelon
Genre: Romance, Drama, War & Politics
Released: 1955-11-24

1h 54m

Running Time

November 24, 1955
Release Date

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Plot.

In one of the steppe regions of Kazakhstan arrives on Komsomol youth squad. Severe frosts, spring mud flows, exhausting work than their specialty - the development of virgin land does not come easy. But the young are young - they work, enjoy life, fall in love. In the center of the story - the touching romance secretary of the Komsomol organization and tractor driver Anne.

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Release Date
November 24, 1955

Original Name
Первый эшелон

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 54m

Genres
Romance Drama War & Politics

Last updated: 2025-02-11

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The First Echelon (Russian: Первый эшелон, translit. Pervyy eshelon) is a 1955 Soviet war romance film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, for which Dmitri Shostakovich wrote the music. The film tells the story of the touching romance between Komsomol secretary Alexey Uzorov and tractor driver Anna Zalogina on the background of Virgin Lands Campaign in Kazakhstan. 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.