The Beginning (1970)
Nachalo
91 min
A talented girl from the provincial Russian town Pasha Stroganova dreams of becoming an actress. She plays the role of Baba Yaga in the amateur theatre — and does it so organically that the visiting filmmaker offers her the most difficult role in the historical drama about Joan of Arc. She was given not only great acting talent, but the talent of deep, selfless love. A dream comes true: she is invited to the main role, and she begins a completely different life, full of real creative torment, insights and true happiness.
- Release date
- October 12, 1970
- Country of origin
- Russia
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Cast
- Inna Churikova as Pasha Stroganova
- Valentina Telichkina as Valya
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Arkadiy
- Mikhail Kononov as Pavlik
- Nina Skomorokhova as Zina
- Tatyana Bedova as Toma
- Yuri Klepikov as Rezhisser
- Gennadi Beglov as Odinokov
- Yuriy Vizbor as Stepan Ivanovich
- Vyacheslav Vasilyev as Stepan Vitalyevich
- Evgeniy Lebedev as Cauchon
- Vsevolod Sobolev as Massieu
- Lyudmila Arinina as an official on the selection of actors at the film studio (uncredited)
- Irina Gubanova as assistant director (uncredited)
- Yefim Kopelyan as Cauchon (voice) (uncredited)
- Inna Churikova as Joan of Arc
- Tatyana Stepanova as Katya
Crew
- Gleb Panfilov · Director
- Yevgeny Gabrilovich · Writer
- Gleb Panfilov · Writer
- Vadim Bibergan · Composer
- Dmitriy Dolinin · Cinematographer
- Mariya Amosova · Editor
- Marksen Gaukhman-Sverdlov · Production designer