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...
Directors
Producer
Music
Studio
Gorky Film Studios
Original Title
Это начиналось так...
Original Language
Russian
Cast
Full credits →V
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Grishanin
V
Valentin Zubkov
Skvortsov
L
Liliya Aleshnikova
Tanya Gromova
N
Nikolai Dovzhenko
Lyosha Antonov
V
Vladimir Ratomsky
police chief
R
Rolan Bykov
Lapshin
B
Boris Lifanov
Burkach
O
Olga Korotkevich
Burkach's wife
V
Vladimir Lebedev
forwarder
N
Nikolay Smorchkov
Gennadiy
B
Boris Batashev
agronomist
O
Olga Aroseva
Raya
Y
Yuri Arkhiptsev
Sasha
V
Valerian Kalinin
Zavyalov
P
Pavel Volkov
Lyosha's father
A
Aleksandr Timontayev
taxi driver
N
Nikolai Parfyonov
policeman
B
Boris Lavrov
Registry office employee
V
Vasiliy Galaktionov
Brigadier
A
Aleksei Egorov
(uncredited)
