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The First Echelon

5.219551h 54mMovieWarDrama

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,…

DirectorMikhail Kalatozov
WriterNikolay Pogodin
ProducerYakov Antselovich

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Cast · Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

VSVsevolod Sanayev
Vsevolod Sanayev
Aleksey Yegorovich Dontsov
SRSergei Romodanov
Sergei Romodanov
Taras Grigorievich Shugailo
NANikolai Annenkov
Nikolai Annenkov
Kashtanov
OEOleg Efremov
Oleg Efremov
Aleksey Uzorov
IIIzolda Izvitskaya
Izolda Izvitskaya
Anna Zalogina
EBEduard Bredun
Eduard Bredun
Genka Monetkin
AKAleksey Kozhevnikov
Aleksey Kozhevnikov
Solntsev
NDNina Doroshina
Nina Doroshina
Nelly Panina
ELElza Lezhdey
Elza Lezhdey
Tamara
AKAnatoliy Kirillov
Anatoliy Kirillov
Petya
VK
Valentina Kuznetsova
Katya
VVVyacheslav Voronin
Vyacheslav Voronin
Troyan

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The First Echelon — streaming FAQ

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The First Echelon hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 18, 1956. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.