City of First Love (Russian: Город первой любви, romanized: Gorod pervoy lyubvi) is a 1970 Soviet drama film directed by Boris Yashin [ru] and Manos Zacharias.
This segment features one of the early standout performances of the 22-year-old Boris Galkin as the Red Army soldier in love with Tanya.
The melding of urban and rural life during the first five-year plan is portrayed through the lives of the builders of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant.
A clever young man from the countryside, Semyon, played by Yuri Orlov, arrives in Stalingrad, seeking his profession and his future wife, Komsomol member Nyura.
Greek director Manos Zacharias, a graduate of the Paris Institute of Cinematography and a resident of the USSR since 1949, created a moving cinematic vignette about the defense of Stalingrad during the Great Patriotic War.