It Began This Way...

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...

Directed by Lev Kulidzhanov, Yakov Segel

Top cast

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Grishanin

Valentin Zubkov

Skvortsov

Liliya Aleshnikova

Tanya Gromova

Nikolai Dovzhenko

Lyosha Antonov

N

Natalya Pavlova

Zhenya Grishanina

Vladimir Ratomsky

police chief

Rolan Bykov

Lapshin

B

Boris Lifanov

Burkach

O

Olga Korotkevich

Burkach's wife

V

Vladimir Lebedev

forwarder

Nikolay Smorchkov

Gennadiy

Boris Batashev

agronomist

Olga Aroseva

Raya

Y

Yuri Arkhiptsev

Sasha

Valerian Kalinin

Zavyalov

Pavel Volkov

Lyosha's father

Aleksandr Timontayev

taxi driver

Nikolai Parfyonov

policeman

B

Boris Lavrov

Registry office employee

V

Vasiliy Galaktionov

Brigadier

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