The Beginning

1970•1h 31m•

★6.2(36 ratings)

RomanceComedyDrama

Overview

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.

Director

Gleb Panfilov

Writers

Yevgeni Gabrilovich, Gleb Panfilov

Watchlist

Main Cast

Inna Churikova

Pasha Stroganova

Valentina Telichkina

Valya

Tatyana Stepanova

Katya

Leonid Kuravlyov

Arkadiy

Mikhail Kononov

Pavlik

The Beginning

1970•1h 31m•

★6.2(36 ratings)

RomanceComedyDrama

Overview

Director

Gleb Panfilov

Writers

Yevgeni Gabrilovich, Gleb Panfilov

Watchlist

Main Cast

Inna Churikova

Pasha Stroganova

Valentina Telichkina

Valya

Tatyana Stepanova

Katya

Leonid Kuravlyov

Arkadiy

Mikhail Kononov

Pavlik

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Gleb Panfilov
Assistant Director: Gennadi Beglov

Writing

Writer: Yevgeni Gabrilovich
Writer: Gleb Panfilov
Script Editor: Yuriy Medvedev
Script Editor: Dmitriy Moldavskiy
Script Consultant: V. Raytses
Script Consultant: Leonid Tarasyuk

Production

Executive Producer: A. Tarasov

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Vadim Bibergan
Sound Director: Galina Gavrilova

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Dmitriy Dolinin
Camera Operator: V. Markov

Editing

Editor: Mariya Amosova

Art Direction

Set Decoration: Vladimir Kostin
Production Design: Marksen Gaukhman-Sverdlov

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Natalya Vasilyeva
Costume Design: Galina Antipina
Makeup Artist: Olga Smirnova

Did You Know?

The original title is "Начало" (RU).

The runtime is 91 minutes (1h 31m).

The film was directed by Gleb Panfilov.

The screenplay was written by Yevgeni Gabrilovich and Gleb Panfilov.

The score was composed by Vadim Bibergan.

Cinematography was handled by Dmitriy Dolinin.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0066124.

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Rating

6.2/10

Average

36 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Начало

Status:

Released

Language:

Pусский

Country of Origin:

Soviet Union

Production Companies:

Lenfilm

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The Beginning

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Inna Churikova

Valentina Telichkina

Tatyana Stepanova

Leonid Kuravlyov

Mikhail Kononov

The Beginning

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Inna Churikova

Valentina Telichkina

Tatyana Stepanova

Leonid Kuravlyov

Mikhail Kononov

Nina Skomorokhova

Tatyana Bedova

Yuri Klepikov

Gennadi Beglov

Yuri Vizbor

Vyacheslav Vasilyev

Yevgeni Lebedev

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