Nachalo (1970)
Nachalo (, "The Beginning") is a 1970 Soviet 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.
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