The Beginning
Начало
Release: 1970-10-12
·Runtime: 91m
·★ 6.0
Romance
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Lenfilm
Cast
Dmitriy Dolinin
as Director of photography
Leonid Kuravlyov
as Arkadiy
Yuri Vizbor
as Stepan Ivanovich
Yevgeni Lebedev
as Cauchon
Efim Kopelyan
as Cauchon (voice) (uncredited)
Mikhail Kononov
as Pavlik
Yuri Klepikov
as movie director
Vsevolod Sobolev
as Massieu
Irina Gubanova
as assistant director (uncredited)
Inna Churikova
as Pasha Stroganova
Valentina Telichkina
as Valya
Nina Skomorokhova
as Zina
Tatyana Bedova
as Toma
Vyacheslav Vasilyev
as Stepan Vitalyevich
Lyudmila Arinina
as an official on the selection of actors at the film studio (uncredited)
