The Beginning (1970 film)
The Beginning (Russian: Nachalo) is a 1970 Soviet romantic drama film about a factory worker and a small-time actress whose life is transformed, first by falling in love with the married Arkady and then by being offered the lead in a movie about Joan of Arc.
- Directed by Gleb Panfilov. Written by Gleb Panfilov and Yevgeni Gabrilovich.
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Dialogue
[edit]- Pasha. What do we do?
- Movie director. Casting.
- Pasha. Well, is it worth worrying, I already agree, without casting.
- Pasha. I will play many roles. All the most difficult ones. I want Mary Stuart.
- Katya. And who is she?
- Pasha. The queen. They cut off her head.
- Katya. How?! At all?
- Pasha. At all.
- Valentina. For what?
- Pasha. For a beloved man.
- Jeanne. What is their fault?
- Sergeant. Deserters.
- Jeanne. Where is your weapons?
- 1st deserter. There.
- Jeanne. And your?
- 2nd deserter. I don't know…
- Jeanne. Why? Answer.
- 1st deserter. It was scary, that's why!
- 2nd deserter. Jeanne, forgive me, I won't be like that... Forgive me, Jeanne!
- Jeanne. Hang traitors up.
- Sergeant. Both?
- Jeanne. Both.
- D'Olonne. Time to go, Jeanne. What happened to you?
- Jeanne. (through tears) I'm scared...
- D'Olonne. Time to go, Jeanne.
- Jeanne. (firmly) A horse.
- D'Olonne. A horse!
- Jeanne. (mounted) Everyone who believes me, follow me.
- Cauchon. So you're justifying a human? Do you think it is one of the greatest Divine miracles?
- Jeanne. Yes.
- Cauchon. You are blaspheming, Jeanne. Man is filth, meanness and obscene conduct.
- Jeanne. Yes, sir. He sins. He gets sometime vile. And then, it is not known why, he throws himself across a rushing horse in order to save a child unknown to him, and dies with broken bones — calmly.
- Cauchon. He dies like a beast, in sin.
- Jeanne. No, sir. He dies shining, pure, and God is waiting for him smiling.
Cast
[edit]- Inna Churikova - Pasha Stroganova / Joan of Arc
- Leonid Kuravlyov - Arkady, beloved of Pasha
- Valentina Telichkina - Valya, a friend of Pasha
- Tatiana Stepanova - Katya, a friend of Pasha
- Mikhail Kononov - Pavlik, neighbor of Pasha
- Nina Skomorokhova - Zina, wife of Arkady
- Tatiana Bedova - Toma, bride of Pavlik
- Yuri Klepikov - Fedor Vasilyevich Ignatiev, film director
- Gennady Beglov - Vitaly Alekseevich Odinokov, the second director
- Yuri Vizbor - Stepan Ivanovich, writer
- Vyacheslav Vasilyev - Stepan Vitalievich, assistant director
- Yevgeni Lebedev - Pierre Cauchon (voiced by Yefim Kopelyan)
External links
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- The Beginning (1970 film) quotes at the Internet Movie Database