Gagarin: First in Space
Гагарин. Первый в космосе (2013)
Timing:
1:48 (108 min)
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Production
Genre
Drama, History
Budget
$7 000 000
Revenue
$1 121 976
Director
Pavel Parkhomenko
Actors
Yaroslav Zhalnin, Mikhail Filippov, Vladimir Steklov, Olga Ivanova, Sergei Laktuynkin, Inga Strelkova-Oboldina, Sergey Kalashnikov, Danila Bukrin, Vladimir Chuprikov, Viktor Proskurin
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Sergei Laktuynkin, Andrei Dmitriyev
Producer
Oleg Kapanets, Igor Tolstunov
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Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
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 ...
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming began on September 1, 2009.
- A full-scale cosmodrome set with a rocket was built near Yevpatoria.
- The rocket and cosmodrome elements were digitally enhanced by the visual effects studio "Algous" (Saint Petersburg).
- The scenes of the rocket launch were developed by the visual effects studio "Snail" (Moscow).
- Several scenes from the film were shot by renowned Russian cinematographer Vadim Yusov ("Andrei Rublev", "I Walk Through Moscow", "Solaris", "They Fought for the Motherland").
- The film is the first biographical movie about Yuri Gagarin to receive the consent of the cosmonaut's family.
- The film's duration is 108 minutes – the exact length of Yuri Gagarin's first flight.
- Filming took place in Crimea (scenes set at the Baikonur Cosmodrome), the Tver region, and Moscow.
- Yaroslav Zhalnin was 27 years old during the filming. Yuri Gagarin was the same age when he flew into space.
- The role of Andrian Nikolaev was the last for actor Anatoly Otradnov, who died in January 2012.
- Vladimir Steklov, who played the role of General Nikolai Kamanin, was the only member of the cast who had experience in real space training. His flight was planned for 2000 to film a feature film aboard the Mir station. However, due to financial problems, the actor's flight did not take place.
- Vladimir Steklov, who played the role of General Nikolai Kamanin, was the only member of the cast to have experience with real space training. His flight was planned for the year 2000 to film a feature film aboard the Mir station. However, due to financial problems, the actor's flight did not take place.
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