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The Beginning is a 1970 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov and starring Inna Churikova as Pasha, a factory worker and small-time actress whose life is transformed first by falling in love with the married Arkady and then by being offered the lead in a movie about Joan of Arc.
Original Release
10/12/1970
US Release
10/01/1971
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Inna Churikova | Pasha Stroganova / Joan of Arc |
| Valentina Telichkina | Valya |
| Leonid Kuravlyov | Arkadiy |
| Mikhail Kononov | Pavlik |
| Nina Skomorokhova | Zina |
| Tatyana Bedova | Toma |
| Yuri Klepikov | Rezhisser / movie director |
| Gennadi Beglov | Odinokov |
| Yuriy Vizbor | Stepan Ivanovich |
| Vyacheslav Vasilyev | Stepan Vitalyevich |
Directors
Writers
Yevgeny Gabrilovich, M.R. Rzeznik
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Inna Churikova | Pasha Stroganova / Joan of Arc |
| Valentina Telichkina | Valya |
| Leonid Kuravlyov | Arkadiy |
| Mikhail Kononov | Pavlik |
| Nina Skomorokhova | Zina |
| Tatyana Bedova | Toma |
| Yuri Klepikov | Rezhisser / movie director |
| Gennadi Beglov | Odinokov |
| Yuriy Vizbor | Stepan Ivanovich |
| Vyacheslav Vasilyev | Stepan Vitalyevich |
| Evgeniy Lebedev | Cauchon |
| Vsevolod Sobolev | Massieu |
| Gerasim Zhukovsky | Boriska |
| Dmitriy Dolinin | Kinooperator |
| Irina Gubanova | Cameo |
| Velga Vilipa | Katya |
