The Beginning

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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.

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Creators

Gleb Panfilov

director

Gleb Panfilov

writer

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Yevgeni Gabrilovich

writer

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Yuriy Medvedev

writer

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Dmitriy Moldavskiy

writer

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V. Raytses

writer

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Leonid Tarasyuk

writer

Cast

Инна Чурикова actor Валентина Теличкина actor

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Tatyana Stepanova actor Leonid Kuravlyov actor Михаил Кононов actor

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Nina Skomorokhova actor

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Tatyana Bedova actor

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Yuri Klepikov actor

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Gennadi Beglov actor Yuri Vizbor actor

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Vyacheslav Vasilyev actor Yevgeni Lebedev actor

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Vsevolod Sobolev actor

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Gerasim Zhukovsky actor

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Lyudmila Arinina actor Ирина Губанова actor

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Efim Kopelyan actor

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Dmitriy Dolinin actor