The Beginning (1970 film)
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.Cast
- Inna Churikova - Pasha Stroganova
- Leonid Kuravlyov - Arkady, beloved of Pasha
- Valentina Telichkina - Valya, a friend of Pasha
- Tatiana Stepanova - Katya, a friend of Pasha
- Mikhail Kononov - Pavlik, neighbor of Pasha
- Nina Skomorokhova - Zina, wife of Arkady
- Tatiana Bedova - Toma, bride of Pavlik
- Yuri Klepikov - Fedor Vasilyevich Ignatiev, director
- Gennady Beglov - Vitaly Alekseevich Odinokov, the second director
- Yuri Vizbor - Stepan Ivanovich, writer
- Vyacheslav Vasilyev - Stepan Vitalievich, assistant director
- Yevgeni Lebedev - Pierre Cochon
