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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
68 years ago
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Portrait of Vladimir YemelyanovVladimir Yemelyanov. Vladimir Yemelyanov was 45 in It Began This Way... as 'Grishanin'.
Birthday: Sun, Jun 18 1911 –
Died: Wed, Jul 02 1975
Portrait of Valentin ZubkovValentin Zubkov. Valentin Zubkov was >> in It Began This Way... as 'Skvortsov'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Liliya AleshnikovaLiliya Aleshnikova. Liliya Aleshnikova was 21 in It Began This Way... as 'Tanya Gromova'.
Birthday: Thu, Jul 25 1935 –
Died: Tue, Aug 05 2008
Portrait of Nikolai DovzhenkoNikolai Dovzhenko. Nikolai Dovzhenko was 23 in It Began This Way... as 'Lyosha Antonov'.
Birthday: Mon, Sep 11 1933 –
Died: Mon, Oct 31 2005
Portrait of Natalya PavlovaNatalya Pavlova. Natalya Pavlova was >> in It Began This Way... as 'Zhenya Grishanina'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Vladimir RatomskyVladimir Ratomsky. Vladimir Ratomsky was 65 in It Began This Way... as 'police chief'.
Birthday: Thu, Jul 23 1891 –
Died: Fri, May 21 1965
Portrait of Rolan BykovRolan Bykov. Rolan Bykov was 27 in It Began This Way... as 'Lapshin'.
Birthday: Wed, Nov 13 1929 –
Died: Tue, Oct 06 1998
Portrait of Boris LifanovBoris Lifanov. Boris Lifanov was 43 in It Began This Way... as 'Burkach'.
Birthday: Sat, Apr 26 1913 –
Died: Sat, Oct 25 1975
Portrait of Olga KorotkevichOlga Korotkevich. Olga Korotkevich was 38 in It Began This Way... as 'Burkach's wife'.
Birthday: Tue, Jan 01 1918
Portrait of Vladimir LebedevVladimir Lebedev. Vladimir Lebedev was >> in It Began This Way... as 'forwarder'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Nikolay SmorchkovNikolay Smorchkov. Nikolay Smorchkov was 26 in It Began This Way... as 'Gennadiy'.
Birthday: Sat, Aug 09 1930 –
Died: Fri, Mar 05 2021
Portrait of Boris BatashevBoris Batashev. Boris Batashev was 50 in It Began This Way... as 'agronomist'.
Birthday: Tue, Apr 17 1906 –
Died: Thu, Jul 29 1999
Portrait of Olga ArosevaOlga Aroseva. Olga Aroseva was 31 in It Began This Way... as 'Raya'.
Birthday: Mon, Dec 21 1925 –
Died: Sun, Oct 13 2013
Portrait of Yuri ArkhiptsevYuri Arkhiptsev. Yuri Arkhiptsev was >> in It Began This Way... as 'Sasha'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Valerian KalininValerian Kalinin. Valerian Kalinin was 28 in It Began This Way... as 'Zavyalov'.
Birthday: Thu, Aug 02 1928 –
Died: Sat, Nov 21 1987
Portrait of Pavel VolkovPavel Volkov. Pavel Volkov was 59 in It Began This Way... as 'Lyosha's father'.
Birthday: Tue, Jun 29 1897 –
Died: Fri, Jul 10 1970
Portrait of Aleksandr TimontayevAleksandr Timontayev. Aleksandr Timontayev was >> in It Began This Way... as 'taxi driver'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Nikolai ParfyonovNikolai Parfyonov. Nikolai Parfyonov was 44 in It Began This Way... as 'policeman'.
Birthday: Fri, Jul 26 1912 –
Died: Thu, Jan 07 1999

Crew

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