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The Very First

5.019621h 45mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorAnatoliy Granik
WriterAleksandr Tverskoy
ProducerNikolai Yeliseyev

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Cast · Directed by Anatoliy Granik

IPIgor Pushkaryov
Igor Pushkaryov
Sergei Sazonov
NDNina Drobysheva
Nina Drobysheva
Natasha
PMPavel Makhotin
Pavel Makhotin
Aleksandr Kalugin
LSLyudmila Shagalova
Lyudmila Shagalova
Vera
VCVladimir Chestnokov
Vladimir Chestnokov
Arkadyev
VSVladimir Samoylov
Vladimir Samoylov
Boris Mikhailovich
OZOleg Zhakov
Oleg Zhakov
Yevgeni Alekseyevich
AS
Aleksandr Strelnikov
Grigoryev
PKPavel Kashlakov
Pavel Kashlakov
Vorontsov
VT
Viktor Terekhov
Misha
LB
Lev Brilliantov
Sokov
AAAnatoli Abramov
Anatoli Abramov
dormitory commandant

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The Very First — streaming FAQ

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