
The Beginning
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.
Cast

Inna Churikova
Pasha Stroganova

Gennadi Beglov
Odinokov

Yevgeni Lebedev
Cauchon

Leonid Kuravlyov
Arkadiy

Yuri Klepikov
movie director

Efim Kopelyan
Cauchon (voice) (uncredited)

Mikhail Kononov
Pavlik

Tatyana Bedova
Toma

Yuri Vizbor
Stepan Ivanovich

Irina Gubanova
assistant director (uncredited)

Valentina Telichkina
Valya

Vsevolod Sobolev
Massieu

Lyudmila Arinina
an official on the selection of actors at the film studio (uncredited)

Dmitriy Dolinin
Director of photography