The Beginning (Russian: Начало, romanized: 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]
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| Directed by | Gleb Panfilov |
| Written by | Gleb Panfilov Yevgeni Gabrilovich |
| Produced by | A. Tarasov |
| Starring | Inna Churikova Leonid Kuravlyov Mikhail Kononov[1] |
| Cinematography | Dmitri Dolinin |
| Edited by | Maria Amosova |
| Music by | Vadim Bibergan |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
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Cast
edit- 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)
References
edit- ^ Глеб Панфилов отмечает 70-летие новым фильмом / Андрей Бузыкин / utro.ru
- ^ Майя Туровская. "«Искусство кино» (1971) № 1" (in Russian). Iskusstvo Kino. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ "Умер режиссёр Глеб Панфилов" (in Russian). РБК. 2023-08-26.
- ^ "Начало (1970)" (in Russian). Russia 1. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
- ^ Михаил Кононов: «Прости, жизнь, и прощай» (in Russian)
External links
edit- Nachalo at IMDb
- Description and press cuttings on Gleb Panfilov homepage
- «Начало»: рецензия
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