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Gagarin: First in Space

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2013 | 108 min | Drama, History

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and a lukewarm 6.3 out of 10 from audiences, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for history buffs. If you loved Belfast, start here.
The mood
Thoughtful and character-driven.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 48 min.
What might put you off
  • Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
  • It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

The film is dedicated to the first steps of mankind on the path of space exploration and direct the fate of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The main motif - the fight for the right to be first: the competition in the first cosmonaut, competition in missile technology, the confrontation of superpowers - the USSR and the USA. In the first group of astronauts were selected from three thousand fighter pilots across the country. In twenty of the legendary got the best of the best. Which of them will fly first, no one knew. In this way, had to contend not only with the pull of the earth ...

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesBelow par

    6.3 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 5K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Pavel Parkhomenko

  • Yaroslav ZhalninYuri Gagarin
  • Mikhail FilippovSergey Korolev
  • Vladimir SteklovNikolai Kamanin
  • Olga IvanovaValentina Ivanova
  • Sergey LaktyunkinValeriy Bykovsky
  • Inga Strelkova-OboldinaAda Kotovskaya
  • Sergey KalashnikovPavel Popovich
  • Danila BukrinBoriska
  • Vladimir ChuprikovNikita Khrushchev
  • Viktor ProskurinFather