It Began This Way...

1h 38m
Drama
3.7

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...

Cast

Vladimir Yemelyanov
Grishanin
Valentin Zubkov
Skvortsov
Liliya Aleshnikova
Tanya Gromova
Nikolai Dovzhenko
Lyosha Antonov
Natalya Pavlova
Zhenya Grishanina
Vladimir Ratomsky
police chief
Rolan Bykov
Lapshin
Boris Lifanov
Burkach
Olga Korotkevich
Burkach's wife
Vladimir Lebedev
forwarder
Nikolay Smorchkov
Gennadiy
Boris Batashev
agronomist
Olga Aroseva
Raya
Yuri Arkhiptsev
Sasha
Valerian Kalinin
Zavyalov
Pavel Volkov
Lyosha's father
Aleksandr Timontayev
taxi driver
Nikolai Parfyonov
policeman
Boris Lavrov
Registry office employee

Crew

Lev Kulidzhanov
Director, Writer
Yakov Segel
Director, Writer
Solomon Garbuzov
Writer
Vyacheslav Shumskiy
Director of Photography
Igor Bakhmetyev
Production Design
Yekaterina Aleksandrova
Costume Design
Valentin Khlobynin
Sound
Aleksandr Lokshin
Original Music Composer

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