The Beginning (1970 film) explained

The Beginning
Director:	Gleb Panfilov
Producer:	A. Tarasov
Starring:	Inna Churikova Leonid Kuravlyov Mikhail Kononov^[1]
Music:	Vadim Bibergan
Cinematography:	Dmitri Dolinin
Editing:	Maria Amosova
Studio:	Lenfilm
Runtime:	91 minutes
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian

The Beginning (Russian: Начало|Nachalo) is a 1970 Soviet romantic drama film^[2] directed by Gleb Panfilov and starring Inna Churikova as Pasha,^[3] 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.^[4]

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^[5]
• 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)

External links

• • Description and press cuttings on Gleb Panfilov homepage
• «Начало»: рецензия

Notes and References

1. http://www.utro.ru/articles/2004/05/21/310375.shtml Глеб Панфилов отмечает 70-летие новым фильмом / Андрей Бузыкин / utro.ru
2. [Maya Turovskaya|Майя Туровская]
3. Web site: Умер режиссёр Глеб Панфилов. ru. 2023-08-26. РБК.
4. Web site: Начало (1970). Russia 1. 2015-10-27. ru.
5. http://www.lgz.ru/article/6193/ Михаил Кононов: «Прости, жизнь, и прощай»