It Began This Way... (1956)
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
policemanRecommendations
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The Coach
Ayka
F.I.S.T.
The Young One
My Neighbor Adolf
The Safety of Objects
Mindwalk
Bimmer
Hardball
Hurry Sundown
The Good Neighbor
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Dear Comrades!
Imperial Dreams
Holy Lands
Little Boy Blue
Farming
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
The End of St. Petersburg