
The Beginning
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.
Release Date: 1970-10-12
Romance
Comedy
Drama
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Casts

Inna Churikova
as Pasha Stroganova

Valentina Telichkina
as Valya

Leonid Kuravlyov
as Arkadiy

Mikhail Kononov
as Pavlik

Tatyana Bedova
as Toma

Yuri Klepikov
as movie director

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)