It Began This Way...
1956, Russian. Directed by Lev Kulidzhanov & Yakov Segel.
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...
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Lev KulidzhanovDirector
- Yakov SegelDirector
- Vladimir YemelyanovGrishanin
- Valentin ZubkovSkvortsov
- Liliya AleshnikovaTanya Gromova
- Nikolai DovzhenkoLyosha Antonov
- Natalya PavlovaZhenya Grishanina
- Vladimir Ratomskypolice chief
- Rolan BykovLapshin
- Boris LifanovBurkach
- Olga KorotkevichBurkach's wife
- Vladimir Lebedevforwarder
- Nikolay SmorchkovGennadiy
- Boris Batashevagronomist
Details
- Released
- 25 December 1956
- Original title
- Это начиналось так...
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Yakov Segel, Solomon Garbuzov, Lev Kulidzhanov
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It Began This Way... runs 98 minutes (1h 38m).
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It Began This Way... isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 December 1956. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed It Began This Way...?
It Began This Way... (1956) was directed by Lev Kulidzhanov and Yakov Segel and stars Vladimir Yemelyanov, Valentin Zubkov, Liliya Aleshnikova.