The Beginning of the Legend (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.
Director: Boris Grigorev
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Larisa Luzhina as Anna Timofeyevna |
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Georgi Burkov as Aleksei Ivanovich |
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Oleg Orlov as Yura |
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Svetlana Ponomaryova as Nastya |
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Maya Bulgakova as Kseniya Gerasimovna |
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Vilnis Bekeris as Albert |
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Boris Grigorev as Dronov |
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Sergei Novikov as Valya |
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Aleksandr Kavalerov as polizei-translator |
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Vladimir Gusev as pilot |
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Yuriy Grigorev as pilot |
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Afanasi Kochetkov as Kuzma |
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Natalya Velichko as Nastya's mother |
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Vera Altayskaya as villager |
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Tatyana Gavrilova as station attendant |
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Zinaida Yarosh as Zoya |
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Aleksey Krychenkov as military instructor |
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German Poloskov as Nastya's father |
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Ervin Knausmyuller as german officer |
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Yuri Potyomkin as polizei |
| Sound | Antonio Vivaldi | Music |
| Camera | B. Nagorniy | Camera Operator |
| Editing | M. Khrabak | Editor |
| Sound | Dmitriy Bogolepov | Sound Director |
| Sound | Arcangelo Corelli | Music |
| Sound | Alessandro Marcello | Music |
| Art | Feliks Rostotsky | Decorator |
| Lighting | F. Prokhorov | Lighting Artist |
| Crew | Alexei Leonov | Military Consultant |
| Lighting | M. Zhuravlyov | Lighting Artist |
| Writing | Semyon Klebanov | Script Editor |
| Writing | Anna Gagarina | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Yuriy Nagibin | Writer |
| Camera | Konstantin Arutyunov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Boris Dulenkov | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Naum Markzitser | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Chernysheva | Costume Design |
| Directing | Boris Grigorev | Director |
| Sound | Georgiy Dmitriev | Original Music Composer |
| Production | David Prober | Executive Producer |
