The First Echelon (1956)
- Original title
- Первый эшелон
- Directed by
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Genre
- drama film, war film, romance film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Komsomol secretary and a tractor driver fall in love during the Virgin Lands Campaign in Kazakhstan. Their romance unfolds against the backdrop of Soviet agricultural development.
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What happens
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 against 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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