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    It Began This Way...

    98'

    1956-12-25

    5.2

    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...

    WritingYakov SegelDirectingYakov Segel

    Cast

    1

    Grishanin

    Vladimir Yemelyanov

    1

    Skvortsov

    Valentin Zubkov

    1

    Tanya Gromova

    Liliya Aleshnikova

    1

    Lyosha Antonov

    Nikolai Dovzhenko

    1

    Zhenya Grishanina

    Natalya Pavlova

    1

    police chief

    Vladimir Ratomsky

    1

    Lapshin

    Rolan Bykov

    1

    Burkach

    Boris Lifanov

    1

    Burkach's wife

    Olga Korotkevich

    1

    forwarder

    Vladimir Lebedev

    1

    Gennadiy

    Nikolay Smorchkov

    1

    agronomist

    Boris Batashev

    1

    Raya

    Olga Aroseva

    1

    Sasha

    Yuri Arkhiptsev

    1

    Zavyalov

    Valerian Kalinin

    1

    Lyosha's father

    Pavel Volkov

    1

    taxi driver

    Aleksandr Timontayev

    1

    policeman

    Nikolai Parfyonov

    1

    Registry office employee

    Boris Lavrov

    1

    Brigadier

    Vasiliy Galaktionov

    1

    (uncredited)

    Aleksei Egorov

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Soviet Union
    • List of languages:
      1. Russian
    • List of companies:
      1. Gorky Film Studios
    • Vote Count: 4
    • Popularity: 0.5227
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Это начиналось так...

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