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 (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)