The First Echelon
1955, Russian. Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Mikhail KalatozovDirector
- Vsevolod SanayevAleksey Yegorovich Dontsov
- Sergei RomodanovTaras Grigorievich Shugailo
- Nikolai AnnenkovKashtanov
- Oleg EfremovAleksey Uzorov
- Izolda IzvitskayaAnna Zalogina
- Eduard BredunGenka Monetkin
- Aleksey KozhevnikovSolntsev
- Nina DoroshinaNelly Panina
- Elza LezhdeyTamara
- Anatoliy KirillovPetya
- Valentina KuznetsovaKatya
- Vyacheslav VoroninTroyan
Details
- Released
- 31 December 1955
- Original title
- Первый эшелон
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Nikolay Pogodin
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The First Echelon runs 114 minutes (1h 54m).
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The First Echelon isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 December 1955. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The First Echelon?
The First Echelon (1955) was directed by Mikhail Kalatozov and stars Vsevolod Sanayev, Sergei Romodanov, Nikolai Annenkov.