Inna Makarova entered the history of cinema with her very first leading role – the brave underground worker Lyubka Shevtsova from the Young Guard. The film became the leader of the Soviet film distribution in 1948, and at the age of 22, Makarova received the Stalin Prize of the first degree. However, the actress had to wait almost ten years for the next big role: only in 1956, director Alexander Zarkhi approved Makarova for the role of Katya Petrashen in his film "Height" without trial.