The First Echelon
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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Mikhail Kalatozov Director · Nikolay Pogodin Writer Dmitri Shostakovich Composer
First release December 31, 1955 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Первый эшелон
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Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Первый эшелон
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 31, 1955
Theatrical · Original Release (No Exact Date)
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Finland
March 15, 1975 · Theatrical
Russia
April 29, 1956 · Theatrical
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