It Began This Way...(1956)
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...
Movie: It Began This Way...
Top 10 Billed Cast
Grishanin
Skvortsov
Tanya Gromova
Lyosha Antonov
police chief
Lapshin
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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...
Release Date
1956-12-25
Average
3.7
Rating:
1.9 startsTagline
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Pусский
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