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Gagarin: First in Space

Gagarin: First in Space

20136.31h 48m

Overview

The film is dedicated to the first steps of mankind on the path of space exploration and direct the fate of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The main motif - the fight for the right to be first: the competition in the first cosmonaut, competition in missile technology, the confrontation of superpowers - the USSR and the USA. In the first group of astronauts were selected from three thousand fighter pilots across the country. In twenty of the legendary got the best of the best. Which of them will fly first, no one knew. In this way, had to contend not only with the pull of the earth ...

Directed by Pavel Parkhomenko
Written by Andrei Dmitriyev, Sergei Laktuynkin, Oleg Kapanets
Produced by Igor Tolstunov, Oleg Kapanets
Box OfficeBudget: $7.0M0

Top Cast

Yaroslav Zhalnin

Yaroslav Zhalnin

Yuri Gagarin

Mikhail Filippov

Mikhail Filippov

Sergey Korolev

Vladimir Steklov

Vladimir Steklov

Nikolai Kamanin

Olga Ivanova

Olga Ivanova

Valentina Ivanova

Sergei Laktuynkin

Sergei Laktuynkin

Valeriy Bykovsky

Inga Strelkova-Oboldina

Inga Strelkova-Oboldina

Ada Kotovskaya

Sergey Kalashnikov

Sergey Kalashnikov

Pavel Popovich

Danila Bukrin

Danila Bukrin

Boriska

Vladimir Chuprikov

Vladimir Chuprikov

Nikita Khrushchev

Viktor Proskurin

Viktor Proskurin

Father

Themes & Keywords

space flights

About Gagarin: First in Space

Gagarin: First in Space is a drama, history film released in 2013 exploring themes of space flights. Directed by Pavel Parkhomenko, it stars Yaroslav Zhalnin, Mikhail Filippov, Vladimir Steklov. The film is dedicated to the first steps of mankind on the path of space exploration and direct the fate of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The main motif - the fight for the right to be first: the competition in the first cosmonaut, competition in missile technology, the confrontation of superpowers - the USSR and the USA. In the first group of astronauts were selected from three thousand fighter pilots across the country. In twenty of the legendary got the best of the best. Which of them will fly first, no one knew. In this way, had to contend not only with the pull of the earth ...

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