The Beginning (1970)
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.
Year
1970
Country
SU
Language
Russian
Release date
12 October 1970
TMDB
6.2 (39)
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Inna Churikova
Pasha Stroganova
Valentina Telichkina
Valya
T
Tatyana Stepanova
Katya
Leonid Kuravlyov
Arkadiy
Mikhail Kononov
Pavlik
N
Nina Skomorokhova
Zina
Tatyana Bedova
Toma
Yuri Klepikov
movie director
Gennadi Beglov
Odinokov
Yuri Vizbor
Stepan Ivanovich
V
Vyacheslav Vasilyev
Stepan Vitalyevich
Yevgeni Lebedev
Cauchon
Vsevolod Sobolev
Massieu
G
Gerasim Zhukovsky
Boriska
Lyudmila Arinina
an official on the selection of actors at the film studio (uncredited)
Irina Gubanova
assistant director (uncredited)
Efim Kopelyan
Cauchon (voice) (uncredited)
Dmitriy Dolinin
Director of photography
Kirill Laskari
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