The Beginning
1970•1h 31m•6.2•Released
RomanceComedyDrama
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.
Director
Gleb Panfilov
Writer
Gleb Panfilov, Yevgeni Gabrilovich
Languages
Russian
Studio
Lenfilm
Cast
Inna Churikova
Pasha Stroganova
Valentina Telichkina
Valya
Tatyana Stepanova
Katya
Leonid Kuravlyov
Arkadiy
Mikhail Kononov
Pavlik
Nina Skomorokhova
Zina
Tatyana Bedova
Toma
Yuri Klepikov
movie director
Gennadi Beglov
Odinokov
Yuri Vizbor
Stepan Ivanovich
Vyacheslav Vasilyev
Stepan Vitalyevich
Yevgeni Lebedev
Cauchon
Vsevolod Sobolev
Massieu
Gerasim Zhukovsky
Boriska
Lyudmila Arinina
an official on the selection of actors at the film studio (uncredited)
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