The Beginning

October. 12,1970      
Rating:
7.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Inna Churikova as  Pasha Stroganova
Valentina Telichkina as  Valya
Leonid Kuravlyov as  Arkadiy
Mikhail Kononov as  Pavlik
Tatyana Bedova as  Toma
Yuri Vizbor as  Stepan Ivanovich
Vyacheslav Vasilyev as  Stepan Vitalyevich
Yevgeni Lebedev as  Cauchon
Lyudmila Arinina as  an official on the selection of actors at the film studio (uncredited)
Irina Gubanova as  assistant director (uncredited)

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