It Began This Way...

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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Valentin Zubkov

Skvortsov

Liliya Aleshnikova

Tanya Gromova

Nikolai Dovzhenko

Lyosha Antonov

Natalya Pavlova

Zhenya Grishanina

Vladimir Ratomsky

police chief

Rolan Bykov

Lapshin

Olga Korotkevich

Burkach's wife

Boris Batashev

agronomist

Pavel Volkov

Lyosha's father

Art

Igor Bakhmetyev

Production Design

Camera

Vyacheslav Shumskiy

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yekaterina Aleksandrova

Costume Design

Directing

Yakov Segel

Director

Sound

Aleksandr Lokshin

Original Music Composer

Writing

Yakov Segel

Writer

Art

Igor Bakhmetyev

Production Design

Camera

Vyacheslav Shumskiy

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yekaterina Aleksandrova

Costume Design

Directing

Yakov Segel

Director

Sound

Aleksandr Lokshin

Original Music Composer

Writing

Yakov Segel

Writer