- Country: N/A
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1940-03-08
- Director: Iosif Kheifits , Aleksandr Zarkhi
- Writers: Iosif Kheifits , Ekaterina Vinogradskaya , Aleksandr Zarkhi
- Language: Russian
- Stars: Vera Maretskaya , Vasili Vanin , Nikolay Kryuchkov , Ivan Nazarov , Valentina Telegina , Boris Blinov , Vasiliy Merkurev , Aleksey Konsovskiy , Aleksandra Matveeva , Konstantin Sorokin
- Runtime: 76 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Naisen tie (Finland) , The Great Beginning (United States of America) , A kormány tagja (Hungary) , Ziemia woła (Poland) , Член правительства , Predstavnik vlasti , Chlen pravitelstva , Im Kampf ums Glück (Germany) , Regeringsmedlemmen (Sweden) , Member of the Government , Hallituksen jäsen (Finland)
- Plot: 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.
- IMDB:tt0032337
The Great Beginning Cast · · · ALL
Iosif Kheifits
Director
Aleksandr Zarkhi
Director
Vera Maretskaya
Александра Соколова
Vasili Vanin
Ефим Соколов
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Никита Соколов
Valentina Telegina
Прасковья Телегина
Boris Blinov
секретарь райкома
Vasiliy Merkurev
Сташков
Aleksey Konsovskiy
Петька
Konstantin Sorokin
Телегин, председатель колхоза
Yelizaveta Uvarova
мать Дуськи
Aleksandra Matveeva
Дуська