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Cast

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Grishanin

Valentin Zubkov

Valentin Zubkov

Skvortsov

Liliya Aleshnikova

Liliya Aleshnikova

Tanya Gromova

Nikolai Dovzhenko

Nikolai Dovzhenko

Lyosha Antonov

Natalya Pavlova

Natalya Pavlova

Zhenya Grishanina

Vladimir Ratomsky

Vladimir Ratomsky

police chief

Rolan Bykov

Rolan Bykov

Lapshin

Boris Lifanov

Boris Lifanov

Burkach

Olga Korotkevich

Olga Korotkevich

Burkach's wife

Vladimir Lebedev

Vladimir Lebedev

forwarder

Nikolay Smorchkov

Nikolay Smorchkov

Gennadiy

Boris Batashev

Boris Batashev

agronomist

Olga Aroseva

Olga Aroseva

Raya

Yuri Arkhiptsev

Yuri Arkhiptsev

Sasha

Valerian Kalinin

Valerian Kalinin

Zavyalov

Pavel Volkov

Pavel Volkov

Lyosha's father

Aleksandr Timontayev

Aleksandr Timontayev

taxi driver

Nikolai Parfyonov

Nikolai Parfyonov

policeman

Crew

Lev Kulidzhanov

Lev Kulidzhanov

Director

Yakov Segel

Yakov Segel

Writer

Yekaterina Aleksandrova

Yekaterina Aleksandrova

Costume Design

Vyacheslav Shumskiy

Vyacheslav Shumskiy

Director of Photography

Igor Bakhmetyev

Igor Bakhmetyev

Production Design

Solomon Garbuzov

Solomon Garbuzov

Writer

Lev Kulidzhanov

Lev Kulidzhanov

Writer

Valentin Khlobynin

Valentin Khlobynin

Sound

Aleksandr Lokshin

Aleksandr Lokshin

Original Music Composer

Yakov Segel

Yakov Segel

Director

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It Began This Way...

19563.7 / 1098 min
Drama

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...