freeOK概要：Vstrechnyy is often interpreted as "Counterplan", also known as "passersby", "Encounter", and "Turbine 50000". It was produced by the Leningrad Russian Film Studio and directed by Friedrich Elmler and Sergei Yutkevich. The plot involves thwarting the attempts of the "disruptors" to sabotage their work at the Leningrad turbine factory, although according to the evidence in this movie, there are more conversations, vodka consumption, and meetings than actual work. Today's interest mainly lies in the soundtrack of this movie, composed by Dmitry Shostakovich. This is his fourth work in this genre, following "New Babylon", "Alone", and "Golden Mountain". The last one is also directed by Elmler and Utkevich, starring Boris Taining. There are two songs that were specially created. "The Song of the Conference" was originally played in the opening credits of the movie, and "How Long Will My Heart Pain" proved to be very popular in both the West and the Soviet Union. Later, "The Song of the Conference" was arranged with new lyrics by Harold Rome as "The United Nations on the Move", and reached its climax in the Hollywood film "Thousands of Cheers" (MGM, 1943). Shostakovich reused this piece in several subsequent works, including the films "Michelin" (1949) and "Moscow, Cheryomushki" (1962), which have already been recorded (Delos DE 3313, Mikhail Lukonin, baritone and Yuri Serov, pianist 2004), as well as three known orchestral excerpts (Russian CD RD 10 018, Belarusian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra 1997, conducted by Walter Mnatsakanov). For a more detailed discussion on this movie and Shostakovich's other musical films, please refer to John Riley's Dmitry Shostakovich: Life in Movies, published by I.B. Torres, London and New York, and the 2004 Kenofils Movie Companion series.
