Watch It Began This Way... (1956) Official Trailer
5.3 / 10 IMDb December 25, 1956 1h 38m
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...
Director
Runtime
1h 38m
Release Date
December 25, 1956
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Languages
Russian
Country
Soviet Union
Producers
Cast
Vladimir Yemelyanov
as Grishanin
Valentin Zubkov
as Skvortsov
Liliya Aleshnikova
as Tanya Gromova
Nikolai Dovzhenko
as Lyosha Antonov
No photo
Natalya Pavlova
as Zhenya Grishanina
Vladimir Ratomsky
as police chief
Rolan Bykov
as Lapshin
No photo
Boris Lifanov
as Burkach
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Olga Korotkevich
as Burkach's wife
No photo
Vladimir Lebedev
as forwarder
Nikolay Smorchkov
as Gennadiy
Boris Batashev
as agronomist
Olga Aroseva
as Raya
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Yuri Arkhiptsev
as Sasha
Valerian Kalinin
as Zavyalov
Pavel Volkov
as Lyosha's father
Aleksandr Timontayev
as taxi driver
Nikolai Parfyonov
as policeman
No photo
Boris Lavrov
as Registry office employee
No photo
Vasiliy Galaktionov
as Brigadier
Production Companies
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