It Began This Way...

It Began This Way... (1956)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1956-12-25
  • User Rating: 3.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: Pусский
  • Production Company: Gorky Film Studios
  • Production Country: Soviet Union
  • Directors: Lev Kulidzhanov, Yakov Segel.
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Summary

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...

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  • Vladimir Yemelyanov

    as Grishanin

  • Valentin Zubkov

    as Skvortsov

  • Liliya Aleshnikova

    as Tanya Gromova

  • Nikolai Dovzhenko

    as Lyosha Antonov

  • Natalya Pavlova

    as Zhenya Grishanina

  • Vladimir Ratomsky

    as police chief

  • Rolan Bykov

    as Lapshin

  • Boris Lifanov

    as Burkach

  • Olga Korotkevich

    as Burkach's wife

  • Vladimir Lebedev

    as forwarder

  • Nikolay Smorchkov

    as Gennadiy

  • Boris Batashev

    as agronomist

  • Olga Aroseva

    as Raya

  • Yuri Arkhiptsev

    as Sasha

  • Valerian Kalinin

    as Zavyalov

  • Pavel Volkov

    as Lyosha's father

  • Aleksandr Timontayev

    as taxi driver

  • Nikolai Parfyonov

    as policeman
Writing Solomon Garbuzov Writer
Writing Lev Kulidzhanov Writer
Writing Yakov Segel Writer
Directing Lev Kulidzhanov Director
Directing Yakov Segel Director
Camera Vyacheslav Shumskiy Director of Photography
Art Igor Bakhmetyev Production Design
Sound Aleksandr Lokshin Original Music Composer
Sound Valentin Khlobynin Sound
Costume & Make-Up Yekaterina Aleksandrova Costume Design

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