Gagarin - Space Race
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| German title | Gagarin - Space Race |
| Original title | Гагарин. Первый в космосе |
| Country of production | Russia |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 109 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pavel Parkhomenko |
| script | Oleg Kapanets ; Andrei Dmitriyev |
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Gagarin - Space Race ( Russian Гагарин. Первый в космосе ) is a Russian feature film from 2013.
action
The film begins on the evening of April 11, 1961, the eve of the first manned space flight with Vostok 1 . The chief designer Sergei Korolev visits the rocket launch pad, which is still being worked on. Then he looks after the two cosmonauts Juri Gagarin and German Titow , who are lying in their beds and cannot sleep because of their excitement. The next morning Gagarin and Titov do gymnastics. Gagarin plays with the dog Strelka , who has already been in space. Titov is jealous because he is only intended as a substitute and the glory of the first person in the cosmos will only fall to Gagarin. The cosmonauts are brought to the rocket. Gagarin takes his place in the capsule, which is then sealed. However, due to an error, it has to be opened and closed again. The start is going according to plan, the flight is good for the time being. The first secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Khrushchev , orders Lieutenant Gagarin to be promoted to major. When returning to Earth orbit, the angle of incidence is too shallow, so Gagarin has to activate manual controls. The device part of the spaceship does not detach from the landing capsule as intended, but is blown off when it enters the earth's atmosphere . Gagarin lands by parachute. A peasant woman and her daughter flee in horror from the creature who has fallen from heaven. When Gagarin's father hears while fishing that a Major Gagarin has flown into space, he doesn't think it could be his son. Gagarin's mother, worried, goes to see her daughter-in-law. During his flight, Gagarin remembers important stages in his life: his childhood marked by hunger, his parents, his training as a fighter pilot, his wife, his daughters Jelena and Galina, the cosmonaut training. The film ends with scenes of cheering people gathering in Moscow's Red Square .
criticism
The Daily Telegraph criticized the film for completely ignoring the rest of Gagarin's life and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. The many positive reviews are described by the Telegraph as "embellished" against the background that Gagarin's family had previously legally attacked other representations.
The film is also accused of exploiting the popularity of the film Gravity, which was released in the same year. For example, the UK DVD version may have the same font and font. Ä. used.
"With soft, fascinating images that make the hearts of space fans beat faster, the film by director Pawel Parchomenko takes you back to another time." (Thomas Badtke, n-tv)
distribution
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Ascot Elite. It also includes a 24-minute making of , in which u. a. Alexei Leonow , Wiktor Gorbatko and Boris Wolynow from the first group of cosmonauts in the Soviet Union have their say.
Web links
- Gagarin - a new era begins. By Thomas Badtke film review
- Gagarin - space race in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Chilton: Yuri Gagarin movie attracts criticism . June 19, 2013, ISSN 0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed February 5, 2018]).
- ^ Andrew Osborn: Yuri Gagarin death mystery solved after 40 years . 2010, ISSN 0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed February 5, 2018]).
- ↑ Martin Chilton: Yuri Gagarin movie attracts criticism . June 19, 2013, ISSN 0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed February 5, 2018]).