It Began This Way... (1956)
A Moscow group of Komsomol members arrives on the virgin lands, in the Kazakh steppes, and immediately faces bureaucracy and carelessness. Someone flees the state farm for more reliable earnings, and someone simply does not want to work. But a new energetic director appears — and real life begins...
Year
1956
Country
SU
Language
Russian
Release date
25 December 1956
TMDB
5.3 (4)
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Vladimir Yemelyanov
Grishanin
Valentin Zubkov
Skvortsov
Liliya Aleshnikova
Tanya Gromova
Nikolai Dovzhenko
Lyosha Antonov
N
Natalya Pavlova
Zhenya Grishanina
Vladimir Ratomsky
police chief
Rolan Bykov
Lapshin
B
Boris Lifanov
Burkach
O
Olga Korotkevich
Burkach's wife
V
Vladimir Lebedev
forwarder
Nikolay Smorchkov
Gennadiy
Boris Batashev
agronomist
Olga Aroseva
Raya
Y
Yuri Arkhiptsev
Sasha
Valerian Kalinin
Zavyalov
Pavel Volkov
Lyosha's father
Aleksandr Timontayev
taxi driver
Nikolai Parfyonov
policeman
B
Boris Lavrov
Registry office employee
V
Vasiliy Galaktionov
Brigadier
Aleksei Egorov
(uncredited)
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