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film directed by

Mikhail Kalatozov Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov ( ka, მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი, russian: Михаил Константинович Калатозов; 28 December 1903 – 26 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a So ...

, for which

Dimitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throughout his life as a major compo ...

wrote the music. A touching romance between the Secretary of the Komsomol organization Alexey Uzorov and

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driver Anna Zalogina on the background of Virgin Lands Campaign in

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Cast

Vsevolod Sanayev Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sanayev (Все′волод Васи′льевич Сана′ев; 25 2, o.s.February 1912 in Tula, Russian Empire – 27 January 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet film and stage actor popular in the 1960s–1970s. Sanay ...

as Alexey Yegorovich Dontsov, state farm director *

Nikolay Annenkov Nikolay Aleksandrovich Annenkov (russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович А́нненков; , Kalugino, Tambov Governorate – 30 September 1999, Moscow) was the longest-lived People's Artist of the USSR before Igor Moisey ...

as Kashtanov, secretary of the RC *

Oleg Yefremov Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov (russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Ефре́мов, 1 October 1927, Moscow, Soviet Union – 24 May 2000, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer. He was a People's Art ...

as Alexey Uzorov * Izolda Izvitskaya as Anna Zalogina * Nina Doroshina as Nelly Panina *

Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Voronin (russian: Вячеспав Никопаевич Воронин; born 5 April 1974 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. Voronin was a World Champion (1999) and Eu ...

as Troyan *

Khoren Abrahamyan Khoren Babkeni Abrahamyan ( hy, Խորեն Բաբկենի Աբրահամյան, April 1, 1930, Yerevan – December 10, 2004) was an Armenian actor and director, and People's Artist of the USSR. Abrahamyan was honored with the title People’s A ...

as Varten Vartanyan *

Tatiana Doronina Tatiana (Tatyana) Vasilyevna Doronina (russian: Татьяна Васильевна Доронина; born 12 September 1933) is a popular Soviet/Russian actress who has performed in movies and the theater. She is generally regarded as one of the ...

as Zoya

References

External links

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Review'' by Karl J. Kipling
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The Cambridge Companion to Shostakovich
' 1955 films Films directed by Mikhail Kalatozov Films scored by Dmitri Shostakovich 1955 drama films Soviet drama films Mosfilm films 1950s Russian-language films {{1950s-USSR-film-stub