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The Beginning
The Beginning

The Beginning

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

12 October 1970

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Inna Churikova

Inna Churikova

Pasha Stroganova

Valentina Telichkina

Valentina Telichkina

Valya

Tatyana Stepanova

Tatyana Stepanova

Katya

Leonid Kuravlyov

Leonid Kuravlyov

Arkadiy

Mikhail Kononov

Mikhail Kononov

Pavlik

Nina Skomorokhova

Nina Skomorokhova

Zina

Tatyana Bedova

Tatyana Bedova

Toma

Yuri Klepikov

Yuri Klepikov

movie director

Gennadi Beglov

Gennadi Beglov

Odinokov

Yuri Vizbor

Yuri Vizbor

Stepan Ivanovich

Vyacheslav Vasilyev

Vyacheslav Vasilyev

Stepan Vitalyevich

Yevgeni Lebedev

Yevgeni Lebedev

Cauchon

Vsevolod Sobolev

Vsevolod Sobolev

Massieu

Gerasim Zhukovsky

Gerasim Zhukovsky

Boriska

Lyudmila Arinina

Lyudmila Arinina

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

Irina Gubanova

Irina Gubanova

assistant director (uncredited)

Efim Kopelyan

Efim Kopelyan

Cauchon (voice) (uncredited)

Dmitriy Dolinin

Dmitriy Dolinin

Director of photography

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