The Beginning

Overview

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.

Directed by Gleb Panfilov

Top cast

Inna Churikova

Pasha Stroganova

Valentina Telichkina

Valya

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Tatyana Stepanova

Katya

Leonid Kuravlyov

Arkadiy

Mikhail Kononov

Pavlik

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Nina Skomorokhova

Zina

Tatyana Bedova

Toma

Yuri Klepikov

movie director

Gennadi Beglov

Odinokov

Yuri Vizbor

Stepan Ivanovich

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Vyacheslav Vasilyev

Stepan Vitalyevich

Yevgeni Lebedev

Cauchon

Vsevolod Sobolev

Massieu

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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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