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The Beginning
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The Beginning

1970-10-12 · 91 min · ★ 6.2

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.

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Directors
Gleb Panfilov
Production companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

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Inna ChurikovaInna ChurikovaPasha Stroganova
Valentina TelichkinaValentina TelichkinaValya
Tatyana StepanovaKatya
Leonid KuravlyovLeonid KuravlyovArkadiy
Mikhail KononovMikhail KononovPavlik
Nina SkomorokhovaZina
Tatyana BedovaTatyana BedovaToma
Yuri KlepikovYuri Klepikovmovie director
Gennadi BeglovGennadi BeglovOdinokov
Yuri VizborYuri VizborStepan Ivanovich
Vyacheslav VasilyevStepan Vitalyevich
Yevgeni LebedevYevgeni LebedevCauchon
Vsevolod SobolevVsevolod SobolevMassieu
Gerasim ZhukovskyBoriska
Lyudmila ArininaLyudmila Arininaan official on the selection of actors at the film studio (uncredited)
Irina GubanovaIrina Gubanovaassistant director (uncredited)
Efim KopelyanEfim KopelyanCauchon (voice) (uncredited)
Dmitriy DolininDmitriy DolininDirector of photography
Kirill LaskariKirill Laskari

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