The Beginning of the Legend

The Beginning of the Legend

62 mins | Drama, Family, War | April 11, 1977

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.

The Beginning of the Legend

62 mins | Drama, Family, War | April 11, 1977

The Beginning of the Legend
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.
Producers Gorky Film Studios
Original title Так начиналась легенда
Directors Boris Grigoryev
Writers Yuriy Nagibin

Cast

Larisa Luzhina

as Anna Timofeyevna

Georgi Burkov

as Aleksei Ivanovich

Oleg Orlov

as Yura

Maya Bulgakova

as Kseniya Gerasimovna

Vilnis Beķeris

as Albert

Boris Grigoryev

as Dronov

Sergei Novikov

as Valya

Aleksandr Kavalerov

as polizei-translator

Vladimir Gusev

as pilot

Yuriy Grigorev

as pilot

Natalya Velichko

as Nastya's mother

Vera Altayskaya

as villager

Tatyana Gavrilova

as station attendant

Zinaida Yarosh

as Zoya

Aleksey Krychenkov

as military instructor

German Poloskov

as Nastya's father

Erwin Knausmüller

as german officer

Yuriy Potyomkin

as polizei