---
title: 'The First Echelon (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mikhail Kalatozov'
released: '1956-04-29'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-first-echelon-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048482/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The First Echelon (1956)

1956 · 114 min · Drama, War, Romance · Soviet Union

Original title: Первый эшелон

## Synopsis

The First Echelon 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mikhail Kalatozov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-kalatozov)
- **Screenplay:** [Nikolai Pogodin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-pogodin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dmitri Shostakovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitri-shostakovich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergey Urusevsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-urusevsky), [Yuri Yekelchik](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-yekelchik)

## Cast

- [Oleg Yefremov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-yefremov)
- [Tatiana Doronina](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatiana-doronina)
- [Vsevolod Sanayev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vsevolod-sanayev)

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