Drama · Soviet Union · 1956 · 1h 38m

It Began This Way...

Это начиналось так...

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Director
Yakov SegelLev Kulidzhanov
Cast
Vladimir Yemelyanov as Grishanin Valentin Zubkov as Skvortsov Liliya Aleshnikova as Tanya Gromova Nikolai Dovzhenko as Lyosha Antonov Natalya Pavlova as Zhenya Grishanina Vladimir Ratomsky as police chief
Crew
Vyacheslav Shumskiy — Director of Photography Aleksandr Lokshin — Original Music Composer Yakov Segel — Writer Lev Kulidzhanov — Writer Solomon Garbuzov — Writer Igor Bakhmetyev — Production Design
Synopsis

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...

Key Collaborators
Yakov Segel Director Lev Kulidzhanov Director Vyacheslav Shumskiy Director of Photography Aleksandr Lokshin Original Music Composer Yakov Segel Writer Lev Kulidzhanov Writer Solomon Garbuzov Writer Igor Bakhmetyev Production Design Yekaterina Aleksandrova Costume Design
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