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...
Directors: Lev Kulidzhanov, Yakov Segel.
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Vladimir Yemelyanov as Grishanin |
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Valentin Zubkov as Skvortsov |
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Liliya Aleshnikova as Tanya Gromova |
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Nikolai Dovzhenko as Lyosha Antonov |
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Natalya Pavlova as Zhenya Grishanina |
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Vladimir Ratomsky as police chief |
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Rolan Bykov as Lapshin |
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Boris Lifanov as Burkach |
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Olga Korotkevich as Burkach's wife |
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Vladimir Lebedev as forwarder |
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Nikolay Smorchkov as Gennadiy |
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Boris Batashev as agronomist |
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Olga Aroseva as Raya |
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Yuri Arkhiptsev as Sasha |
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Valerian Kalinin as Zavyalov |
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Pavel Volkov as Lyosha's father |
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Aleksandr Timontayev as taxi driver |
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Nikolai Parfyonov as policeman |
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Boris Lavrov as Registry office employee |
| Directing | Lev Kulidzhanov | Director |
| Writing | Yakov Segel | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yekaterina Aleksandrova | Costume Design |
| Camera | Vyacheslav Shumskiy | Director of Photography |
| Art | Igor Bakhmetyev | Production Design |
| Writing | Solomon Garbuzov | Writer |
| Writing | Lev Kulidzhanov | Writer |
| Sound | Valentin Khlobynin | Sound |
| Sound | Aleksandr Lokshin | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Yakov Segel | Director |
