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It Began This Way...

5.319561h 38mMovieDrama

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...

DirectorsLev Kulidzhanov·Yakov Segel
WritersYakov Segel·Solomon Garbuzov
ProducerNikolay Petrov

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Cast · Directed by Lev Kulidzhanov

VYVladimir Yemelyanov
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Grishanin
VZValentin Zubkov
Valentin Zubkov
Skvortsov
LALiliya Aleshnikova
Liliya Aleshnikova
Tanya Gromova
NDNikolai Dovzhenko
Nikolai Dovzhenko
Lyosha Antonov
NP
Natalya Pavlova
Zhenya Grishanina
VRVladimir Ratomsky
Vladimir Ratomsky
police chief
RBRolan Bykov
Rolan Bykov
Lapshin
BL
Boris Lifanov
Burkach
OK
Olga Korotkevich
Burkach's wife
VL
Vladimir Lebedev
forwarder
NSNikolay Smorchkov
Nikolay Smorchkov
Gennadiy
BBBoris Batashev
Boris Batashev
agronomist

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