It Began This Way... (1956)

  • NR
  • 12/25/1956 (SU)
  • Drama
  • 1h 38m

Overview

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...

Lev Kulidzhanov

Director, Writer

Yakov Segel

Writer, Director

Solomon Garbuzov

Writer

Cast

Vladimir Yemelyanov's headshot

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Grishanin
Valentin Zubkov's headshot

Valentin Zubkov

Skvortsov
Liliya Aleshnikova's headshot

Liliya Aleshnikova

Tanya Gromova
Nikolai Dovzhenko's headshot

Nikolai Dovzhenko

Lyosha Antonov
Natalya Pavlova's headshot

Natalya Pavlova

Zhenya Grishanina
Vladimir Ratomsky's headshot

Vladimir Ratomsky

police chief
Rolan Bykov's headshot

Rolan Bykov

Lapshin
Boris Lifanov's headshot

Boris Lifanov

Burkach

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