Poster for the movie The Beginning

The Beginning

1970 • 91 minutes
RomanceComedyDrama

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.

Picture of Inna Churikova

Inna Churikova

Pasha Stroganova

Picture of Valentina Telichkina

Valentina Telichkina

Valya

Picture of Tatyana Stepanova

Tatyana Stepanova

Katya

Picture of Leonid Kuravlyov

Leonid Kuravlyov

Arkadiy

Picture of Mikhail Kononov

Mikhail Kononov

Pavlik

Picture of Nina Skomorokhova

Nina Skomorokhova

Zina

Picture of Tatyana Bedova

Tatyana Bedova

Toma

Picture of Yuri Klepikov

Yuri Klepikov

movie director

Picture of Gennadi Beglov

Gennadi Beglov

Odinokov

Picture of Yuri Vizbor

Yuri Vizbor

Stepan Ivanovich

Picture of Vyacheslav Vasilyev

Vyacheslav Vasilyev

Stepan Vitalyevich

Picture of Yevgeni Lebedev

Yevgeni Lebedev

Cauchon

Picture of Vsevolod Sobolev

Vsevolod Sobolev

Massieu

Picture of Gerasim Zhukovsky

Gerasim Zhukovsky

Boriska

Picture of Lyudmila Arinina

Lyudmila Arinina

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

Picture of Irina Gubanova

Irina Gubanova

assistant director (uncredited)

Picture of Efim Kopelyan

Efim Kopelyan

Cauchon (voice) (uncredited)