Take-Off

Take-Off

139 mins | Drama | Aug. 14, 1979

A biographical film about the life of the great Russian scientist, inventor of rocket technology and the founder of theoretical astronautics — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the hard spiritual work of the thinker, overcoming the stagnation of the surrounding and dramatic events of his family life.

Take-Off

139 mins | Drama | Aug. 14, 1979

Take-Off
A biographical film about the life of the great Russian scientist, inventor of rocket technology and the founder of theoretical astronautics — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the hard spiritual work of the thinker, overcoming the stagnation of the surrounding and dramatic events of his family life.
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Взлет
Directors Savva Kulish
Writers Oleg Osetinsky

Cast

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

as Tsiolkovsky

Larisa Kadochnikova

as Varvara Yevgrafovna

Albert Filozov

as Panin

Kirill Arbuzov

as Ignatiy

Vadim Aleksandrov

as Tailor

Georgi Burkov

as Rokotov

Ion Ungureanu

as Priest

Vladimir Sedov

as Yevgraf Nikolaevich

Vladimir Erenberg

as Trustee

Olga Barnet

as Trustee's Wife

Sergei Nasibov

as Dmitri

Marina Yakovleva

as Tanya

Sergey Bondarchuk

as Narrator (voice)