title: Early Joys
text: # Early Joys
  
  Early Joys (Russian: Первые радости, romanized: Pervye radosti) is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Basov.
  
  ## Plot
  
  1910. A small Volga town. Kirill Izvekov, a technical school student, is only looking for his place in life, and a revolutionary struggle is unfolding around.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Viktor Korshunov as Izvekov
  * Mikhail Nazvanov as Pastukhov
  * Vladimir Druzhnikov as Tsvetukhin
  * Vladimir Yemelyanov as Ragozin
  * Tatyana Konyukhova as Liza
  * Roza Makagonova as Anna
  * Daniil Ilchenko as Old Man
  * Boris Novikov as Shubnikov
  * Nina Menshikova as Ksana Ragozina
  * Yury Yakovlev as Dibich
  * Olga Zhiznyeva as Isvekova
  