It Began This Way... (1956)
Original title: Это начиналось так...
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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...
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Vladimir YemelyanovGrishanin
Valentin ZubkovSkvortsov
Liliya AleshnikovaTanya GromovaNikolai DovzhenkoLyosha AntonovNatalya PavlovaZhenya Grishanina
Vladimir Ratomskypolice chief
Rolan BykovLapshinBoris LifanovBurkachOlga KorotkevichBurkach's wifeVladimir Lebedevforwarder
Nikolay SmorchkovGennadiy
Boris BatashevagronomistMovie DNA
Genre affinityDramaDialogue densityDramaDirector preference533843 · 370736Actor preference347228 · 374983 · 340859Country preferenceSuDecade preference1950
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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...
How long is It Began This Way...?
It Began This Way... has a runtime of 98 minutes.