The Beginning (1970 film)

The Beginning (Начало) 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 (Leonid Kuravlyov) and then by being offered the lead in a movie about Joan of Arc.

Cast

 * Inna Churikova as Pasha Stroganova
 * Leonid Kuravlyov as Arkady, beloved of Pasha
 * Valentina Telichkina as Valya, a friend of Pasha
 * Tatiana Stepanova as Katya, a friend of Pasha
 * Mikhail Kononov as Pavlik, neighbor of Pasha
 * Nina Skomorokhova as Zina, wife of Arkady
 * Tatiana Bedova as Toma, bride of Pavlik
 * Yuri Klepikov as Fedor Vasilyevich Ignatiev, director
 * Gennady Beglov as Vitaly Alekseevich Odinokov, the second director
 * Yuri Vizbor as Stepan Ivanovich, writer
 * Vyacheslav Vasilyev as Stepan Vitalievich, assistant director
 * Yevgeni Lebedev as Pierre Cauchon (voiced by Yefim Kopelyan)