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The Great Beginning (1940)
99 min | Drama

The Great Beginning (1940)

99 min | Drama

In an example of Socialist Realism a lady collective farm worker rallies laggard comrades after her husband deserts .She rejects other men,and is sent as a delegate of the people to Moscow, where she eulogizes Stalin.

Directors

Iosif Kheifits | Aleksandr Zarkhi

Writers

Iosif Kheifits (with participation of) | Ekaterina Vinogradskaya | Aleksandr Zarkhi (with participation of)

Composer

Nikolai Timofeyev

Cinematographer

Aleksandr Gintsburg

Editor

Elena Bashenova (as Ye. Bajenova)

Production Designers

Vladimir Kalyagin | Olga Pchelnikova

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Updated Mar 8, 1940

Release date

Nov 9, 1940 (United States)

Awards

1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
13 cast members

Name	Known for
Vera Maretskaya Aleksandra Grigoryevna Sokolova (as V. Maretskaya) Aleksandra Grigoryevna Sokolova (as V. Maretskaya) See fewer	No Greater Love (1943)
Vasili Vanin Yefim Yefimovich Sokolov (as V. Vanin) Yefim Yefimovich Sokolov (as V. Vanin) See fewer	We Will Come Back (1942)
Nikolay Kryuchkov Nikita Sokolov, blond brother-in-law (as N. Kryuchkov) Nikita Sokolov, blond brother-in-law (as N. Kryuchkov) See fewer	Tractor Drivers (1939)
Ivan Nazarov Fedot Petrovich Krivosheyev Fedot Petrovich Krivosheyev See fewer	Inzhener Goff (1935)
Valentina Telegina Panya, fat woman [Script Name: Praskovya] Panya, fat woman [Script Name: Praskovya] See fewer	Spring (1947)
Boris Blinov The District Party Secretary The District Party Secretary See fewer	Chapayev (1934)
Vasiliy Merkurev Party Undersecretary Stashkov Party Undersecretary Stashkov See fewer	The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Aleksey Konsovskiy Petka, teen groom Petka, teen groom See fewer	Lermontov (1943)
Aleksandra Matveeva Duska, teen bride (as Anna Matveyeva) Duska, teen bride (as Anna Matveyeva) See fewer	The New Teacher (1939)
Konstantin Sorokin Kuzma, beefy kolkhoz rowdy (as K. Sorokin) Kuzma, beefy kolkhoz rowdy (as K. Sorokin) See fewer	The Three Sisters (1964)
Yelizaveta Uvarova Duska's mother Duska's mother See fewer	Cherez kladbishche (1965)
Aleksandr Melnikov Escort (uncredited) Escort (uncredited) See fewer	Cain the XVIII-th (1963)
Nikolai Stepanov Appearing (uncredited) Appearing (uncredited) See fewer	Gosudarstvennyy prestupnik (1964)