
MovieDrama
It Began This Way...
5.2(4)19561h 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
- Lev Kulidzhanov,Yakov Segel
- Created by
- Nikolay Petrov
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Cast

Vladimir Yemelyanov
Grishanin

Valentin Zubkov
Skvortsov

Liliya Aleshnikova
Tanya Gromova

Nikolai Dovzhenko
Lyosha Antonov
Natalya Pavlova
Zhenya Grishanina

Vladimir Ratomsky
police chief

Rolan Bykov
Lapshin
Boris Lifanov
Burkach
Olga Korotkevich
Burkach's wife
Vladimir Lebedev
forwarder

Nikolay Smorchkov
Gennadiy

Boris Batashev
agronomist

Olga Aroseva
Raya
Yuri Arkhiptsev
Sasha

Valerian Kalinin
Zavyalov

Pavel Volkov
Lyosha's father

Aleksandr Timontayev
taxi driver

Nikolai Parfyonov
policeman
Boris Lavrov
Registry office employee
Vasiliy Galaktionov
Brigadier

Aleksei Egorov
(uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- Lev KulidzhanovDirector
- Yakov SegelDirector
Writing
- Yakov SegelWriter
- Solomon GarbuzovWriter
- Lev KulidzhanovWriter
- Pavel GrushkoLyricist
Production
- Nikolay PetrovExecutive Producer
Camera
- Vyacheslav ShumskiyDirector of Photography
Sound
- Aleksandr LokshinOriginal Music Composer
- Valentin KhlobyninSound Director
- Arvīds JansonsConductor
Art
- Igor BakhmetyevProduction Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Yekaterina AleksandrovaCostume Design
Visual Effects
- V. OsminkinaVFX Director of Photography
- Vladimir NikitchenkoVFX Artist