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Feature film — 1977

The Beginning of the Legend (1977)

8.01h 2mWar — Drama — Family

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.

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Director: Boris Grigorev

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Cast & crew

Larisa Luzhina as Anna Timofeyevna

Larisa Luzhina

Anna Timofeyevna

Georgi Burkov as Aleksei Ivanovich

Georgi Burkov

Aleksei Ivanovich

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Oleg Orlov

Yura

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Svetlana Ponomaryova

Nastya

Maya Bulgakova as Kseniya Gerasimovna

Maya Bulgakova

Kseniya Gerasimovna

Vilnis Bekeris as Albert

Vilnis Bekeris

Albert

Boris Grigorev as Dronov

Boris Grigorev

Dronov

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Sergei Novikov

Valya

Aleksandr Kavalerov as polizei-translator

Aleksandr Kavalerov

polizei-translator

Vladimir Gusev as pilot

Vladimir Gusev

pilot

Yuriy Grigorev as pilot

Yuriy Grigorev

pilot

Afanasi Kochetkov as Kuzma

Afanasi Kochetkov

Kuzma

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