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It Began This Way...

Plot: 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
Release Date: Tuesday, December 25 1956
67 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Vladimir YemelyanovVladimir Yemelyanov
Vladimir Yemelyanov was
45 in It Began This Way...
as 'Grishanin'.
Sun, Jun 18 1911 –
Wed, Jul 02 1975
Portrait of Valentin ZubkovValentin Zubkov
Valentin Zubkov was
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as 'Skvortsov'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Liliya AleshnikovaLiliya Aleshnikova
Liliya Aleshnikova was
21 in It Began This Way...
as 'Tanya Gromova'.
Thu, Jul 25 1935 –
Tue, Aug 05 2008
Portrait of Nikolai DovzhenkoNikolai Dovzhenko
Nikolai Dovzhenko was
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as 'Lyosha Antonov'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Natalya PavlovaNatalya Pavlova
Natalya Pavlova was
>> in It Began This Way...
as 'Zhenya Grishanina'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Vladimir RatomskyVladimir Ratomsky
Vladimir Ratomsky was
65 in It Began This Way...
as 'police chief'.
Thu, Jul 23 1891 –
Fri, May 21 1965
Portrait of Rolan BykovRolan Bykov
Rolan Bykov was
27 in It Began This Way...
as 'Lapshin'.
Wed, Nov 13 1929 –
Tue, Oct 06 1998
Portrait of Boris LifanovBoris Lifanov
Boris Lifanov was
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as 'Burkach'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Olga KorotkevichOlga Korotkevich
Olga Korotkevich was
38 in It Began This Way...
as 'Burkach's wife'.
Tue, Jan 01 1918
Portrait of Vladimir LebedevVladimir Lebedev
Vladimir Lebedev was
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as 'forwarder'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Nikolay SmorchkovNikolay Smorchkov
Nikolay Smorchkov was
26 in It Began This Way...
as 'Gennadiy'.
Sat, Aug 09 1930
Portrait of Boris BatashevBoris Batashev
Boris Batashev was
50 in It Began This Way...
as 'agronomist'.
Tue, Apr 17 1906 –
Thu, Jul 29 1999
Portrait of Olga ArosevaOlga Aroseva
Olga Aroseva was
31 in It Began This Way...
as 'Raya'.
Mon, Dec 21 1925 –
Sun, Oct 13 2013
Portrait of Yuri ArkhiptsevYuri Arkhiptsev
Yuri Arkhiptsev was
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as 'Sasha'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Valerian KalininValerian Kalinin
Valerian Kalinin was
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as 'Zavyalov'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Pavel VolkovPavel Volkov
Pavel Volkov was
59 in It Began This Way...
as 'Lyosha's father'.
Tue, Jun 29 1897 –
Fri, Jul 10 1970
Portrait of Aleksandr TimontayevAleksandr Timontayev
Aleksandr Timontayev was
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as 'taxi driver'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Nikolai ParfyonovNikolai Parfyonov
Nikolai Parfyonov was
44 in It Began This Way...
as 'policeman'.
Fri, Jul 26 1912 –
Thu, Jan 07 1999

Crew

Portrait of Lev KulidzhanovLev Kulidzhanov
Lev Kulidzhanov was
32 in It Began This Way...
as 'Director, Writer'
Wed, Mar 19 1924 –
Mon, Feb 18 2002
Portrait of Yakov SegelYakov Segel
Yakov Segel was
33 in It Began This Way...
as 'Writer, Director'
Sat, Mar 10 1923 –
Fri, May 19 1995
Portrait of Vyacheslav ShumskiyVyacheslav Shumskiy
Vyacheslav Shumskiy was
35 in It Began This Way...
as 'Director of Photography'
Sat, Dec 17 1921 –
Sun, Jan 23 2011
Portrait of Solomon GarbuzovSolomon Garbuzov
Solomon Garbuzov was
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as 'Writer'
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Aleksandr LokshinAleksandr Lokshin
Aleksandr Lokshin was
36 in It Began This Way...
as 'Original Music Composer'
Sun, Sep 19 1920 –
Thu, Jun 11 1987
Portrait of Yekaterina AleksandrovaYekaterina Aleksandrova
Yekaterina Aleksandrova was
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as 'Costume Design'
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Igor BakhmetyevIgor Bakhmetyev
Igor Bakhmetyev was
39 in It Began This Way...
as 'Production Design'
Mon, Aug 13 1917 –
Mon, Nov 01 1982
Portrait of Valentin KhlobyninValentin Khlobynin
Valentin Khlobynin was
38 in It Began This Way...
as 'Sound'
Thu, Dec 27 1917 –
Thu, Apr 19 2001