The Very First (1962)
After a test flight, pilot Sergei Sazonov was invited to a group of astronauts. Intensive preparation begins for the flight into space: classes in the weightlessness chamber, constant study. Sergei decides that he does not have the right to meet with a cheerful student Natasha, whom his friends accuse of frivolity. But their telephone conversation ends up asking him to marry him.
Director: Anatoliy Granik
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Igor Pushkaryov as Sergei Sazonov |
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Nina Drobysheva as Natasha |
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Pavel Makhotin as Aleksandr Kalugin |
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Lyudmila Shagalova as Vera |
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Vladimir Chestnokov as Arkadyev |
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Vladimir Samoylov as Boris Mikhailovich |
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Oleg Zhakov as Yevgeni Alekseyevich |
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Aleksandr Strelnikov as Grigoryev |
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Pavel Kashlakov as Vorontsov |
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Viktor Terekhov as Misha |
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Lev Brilliantov as Sokov |
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Anatoli Abramov as dormitory commandant |
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Lyudmila Kolpakova as hospital doctor |
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Efim Kopelyan as Ruben Grigoryevich |
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Svetlana Mazovetskaya as laboratory assistant |
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Vera Medvedeva as Arkadyev's secretary |
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Gennadiy Nilov as test doctor |
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Anatoliy Pavlov as member of the flight preparation commission |
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Roza Sverdlova as hospital doctor |
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Aleksandr Susnin as aircraft technician |
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Valeri Somov as laboratory assistant |
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Ivan Dmitriev as general |
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Stanislav Fesyunov as Viktor |
| Directing | Anatoliy Granik | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lidiya Shildknekht | Costume Design |
| Camera | Muzakir Shurukov | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikolai Elenbogen | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Aleksandr Tverskoy | Writer |
| Art | Nikolai Suvorov | Production Design |
| Directing | Semyon Derevyansky | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Isaac Schwarts | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Semyon Shumyacher | Sound Director |
| Writing | Svetlana Ponomarenko | Script Editor |
| Editing | A. Ruzanova | Editor |
| Camera | L. Aleksandrov | Camera Operator |
| Art | N. Kurnikova | Set Decoration |
| Directing | A. Dyomina | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lyudmila Shreders | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Georgiy Vargin | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Solovyov | VFX Artist |
| Camera | Georgiy Vargin | Aerial Camera |
| Camera | K. Filippov | Aerial Camera |
| Writing | P. Roytberg | Script Consultant |
| Writing | V. Rassvetayev | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Aleksey Kasatkin | Script Consultant |
| Writing | V. Denisov | Script Consultant |
| Sound | Eduard Grikurov | Conductor |
| Production | Nikolai Yeliseyev | Producer |