Gagarin. Pervyy v kosmose (2013)

On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin blasted off in a Vostok rocket and he orbited Earth for 108 minutes. He was the cosmonaut who was selected from over three thousand fighter pilots throughout the Soviet Union.

Director:

Pavel Parkhomenko

Writers:

Andrey Dmitriev, Oleg Kapanets

Stars:

Yaroslav Zhalnin, Mikhail Filippov, Olga Ivanova

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yaroslav Zhalnin	...	Yuri Gagarin
Mikhail Filippov	...	Sergey Korolev
Olga Ivanova	...	Valentina Ivanova
Vadim Michman	...	Gherman Titov
Vladimir Steklov	...	Nikolai Kamanin
Viktor Proskurin	...	Father
Nadezhda Markina	...	Mother
Daniil Vorobyov	...	Grigory Nelyubov
Inga Strelkova-Oboldina	...	Ada Kotovskaya
Sergey Tezov	...	Colonel Karpov
Anatoliy Otradnov	...	Adrian Nikolaev
Vladimir Chuprikov	...	Nikita Khrushchev
Evgeniy Tkachuk	...	Lieutenant
Sergey Laktyunkin	...	Valeriy Bykovsky
Anatoliy Gushchin	...	Alexei Leonov

Storyline

On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin blasted off in a Vostok rocket and he orbited Earth for 108 minutes. He was the cosmonaut who was selected from over three thousand fighter pilots throughout the Soviet Union.

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Plot Keywords:

space race | spaceflight | space mission | soviet military | cosmonaut | 

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Taglines:

The race is on.

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Genres:

Adventure | Biography | Drama | History

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Did You Know?

Trivia

At the time of the film's release, Yaroslav Zhalnin (Gagarin) was 27, the same age that Yuri Gagarin was when he flew.

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Goofs

At the end of the scene where Yuri's father learns that his son has just flown in space (at 1 hour & 45 minutes) the camera pulls back as he walks away from the meeting hall. A boom mic is visible on the right hand side of the picture as it pans back.

User Reviews

A well made Russian real life drama-thriller with as less politics as possible. 8 out of 10.

What I like most about this movie is its relative neutrality. Of course, there was that historical, almost 'light the world up' tension between the two superpowers back then, but this one, however, menages to be almost solely Russian. It does not blame either part of the equation. It is Russian because of its characters, who are developed well throughout the movie. What baffles me that, in the same year, Gravity won everything, but this movie wasn't even mentioned. I think, Gravity will soon be forgotten, but this one, about Gagarin, will linger for a long time.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian German

Release Date:

6 June 2013 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Gagarin

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$9,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,121,976

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kremlin Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1