The Beginning
12/10/1970
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.
Movie Information
Inna Churikova
as Pasha Stroganova
Valentina Telichkina
as Valya
Tatyana Stepanova
as Katya
Leonid Kuravlyov
as Arkadiy
Mikhail Kononov
as Pavlik
Nina Skomorokhova
as Zina
Tatyana Bedova
as Toma
Yuri Klepikov
as movie director
Gennadi Beglov
as Odinokov
Yuri Vizbor
as Stepan Ivanovich
Vyacheslav Vasilyev
as Stepan Vitalyevich
Yevgeni Lebedev
as Cauchon
Vsevolod Sobolev
as Massieu
Gerasim Zhukovsky
as Boriska
Lyudmila Arinina
as an official on the selection of actors at the film studio (uncredited)
Irina Gubanova
as assistant director (uncredited)
Efim Kopelyan
as Cauchon (voice) (uncredited)
Dmitriy Dolinin
as Director of photography
