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It Began This Way...

19561h 38mLev Kulidzhanov,Yakov Segel

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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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What is It Began This Way... (1956) about?

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...

Who stars in It Began This Way...?

It Began This Way... stars Vladimir Yemelyanov (Grishanin), Valentin Zubkov (Skvortsov), Liliya Aleshnikova (Tanya Gromova), Nikolai Dovzhenko (Lyosha Antonov), Natalya Pavlova (Zhenya Grishanina). The film was directed by Lev Kulidzhanov.

How long is It Began This Way...?

It Began This Way... has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1956.

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