The Beginning of the Legend

Directed by Boris Grigorev

Written by Semyon Klebanov, Anna Gagarina, Yuriy Nagibin

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.

Cast

Larisa Luzhina

Anna Timofeyevna

Georgi Burkov

Aleksei Ivanovich

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Oleg Orlov

Yura

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Svetlana Ponomaryova

Nastya

Maya Bulgakova

Kseniya Gerasimovna

Vilnis Bekeris

Albert

Boris Grigorev

Dronov

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Sergei Novikov

Valya

Aleksandr Kavalerov

polizei-translator

Vladimir Gusev

pilot

Yuriy Grigorev

pilot

Afanasi Kochetkov

Kuzma