CinemaOSMovie · 1977 · 1h 2m

The Beginning of the Legend

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The film tells about the childhood of Yuri Gagarin, about that time of life, which, in his own words, played an important role in shaping his character: war, the occupation of their villages by the Germans, famine, the theft of the elder brother and sister to Germany, the expulsion of the Nazis from Smolensk, moving family in the city of Gzhatsk.

Directed byBoris Grigorev

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 2m
Language
RU
Released
April 11, 1977
Studios
Gorky Film Studios

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Larisa Luzhina

Larisa Luzhina

Anna Timofeyevna

Georgi Burkov

Georgi Burkov

Aleksei Ivanovich

Oleg Orlov

Yura

Svetlana Ponomaryova

Nastya

Maya Bulgakova

Maya Bulgakova

Kseniya Gerasimovna

Vilnis Bekeris

Vilnis Bekeris

Albert

Boris Grigorev

Boris Grigorev

Dronov

Sergei Novikov

Valya

Aleksandr Kavalerov

Aleksandr Kavalerov

polizei-translator

Vladimir Gusev

Vladimir Gusev

pilot

Creative team
Directed by
Boris Grigorev
Boris Grigorev
Written by
Yuriy Nagibin
Yuriy Nagibin

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