It Began This Way... (1956)

5.3/10 98 min Drama

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...

Cast

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Grishanin

Valentin Zubkov

Skvortsov

Liliya Aleshnikova

Tanya Gromova

Nikolai Dovzhenko

Lyosha Antonov

Vladimir Ratomsky

police chief

Rolan Bykov

Lapshin

Nikolay Smorchkov

Gennadiy

Boris Batashev

agronomist

Olga Aroseva

Raya

Valerian Kalinin

Zavyalov

Pavel Volkov

Lyosha's father

Aleksandr Timontayev

taxi driver

Nikolai Parfyonov

policeman

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