The Beginning of the Legend

The Beginning of the Legend
Russian: Так начиналась легенда
Directed by	Boris Grigoryev
Written by	Yuri Nagibin
Starring	Larisa Luzhina Georgiy Burkov Oleg Orlov Svetlana Ponomaryova Mayya Bulgakova
Cinematography	Konstantin Arutyunov
Music by	Georgy Dmitriev
Release date	1976 (1976)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Beginning of the Legend (Russian: Так начиналась легенда) is a 1976 Soviet biographical drama film directed by Boris Grigoryev.[1][2][3]

Plot

The film tells about the childhood of Yuri Gagarin, which took place against the backdrop of war, occupation, famine, the expulsion of the elder brother and sister to Germany, the expulsion of the Nazis from the Smolensk region and the transfer of his family to Gzhatsk.[4]

Cast

• Larisa Luzhina as Anna Timofeyevna Gagarina
• Georgiy Burkov as Aleksei Ivanovich Gagarin
• Oleg Orlov as Yuri Alekseievich Gagarin
• Svetlana Ponomaryova as Nastya (as Sveta Ponomaryova)
• Mayya Bulgakova as Ksenia Gerasimovna
• Vilnis Bekeris as Albert
• Boris Grigorev as Dronov
• Vera Altayskaya
• Yury Grigorev
• Vladimir Gusev as Pilot[5]

References

1. В "ЧУВАШКИНО" ПРОШЕЛ ФЕСТИВАЛЬ ВОЕННО-ПАТРИОТИЧЕСКИХ ФИЛЬМОВ "СЛУЖУ ОТЕЧЕСТВУ"
2. История о первом космонавте: как образ Гагарина отразился в культуре
3. Человек с "Востока"
4. Так начиналась легенда
5. Так начиналась легенда (1976) Full Cast & Crew

External links

• The Beginning of the Legend at IMDb