Gagarin. Pervyy v kosmose (Gagarin: First in Space) is a 2013 Russian docudrama biopic about the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, and the mission of Vostok 1. It is being released by Central Partnership theatrically in Russia.

The film's running time of 108 minutes approximates the time it took Gagarin to go around the Earth before returning. It stars Yaroslav Zhalnin as Soviet fighter pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

Russian film director Yuri Kapanetz is close to completing a full-length feature film about the first man in space, Soviet Air Force pilot Yuri Gagarin. The film will tell the story of Gagarin's travel around the world, as well as look at his historic space mission. The production's budget is 285 million roubles.

The starring role is played by Yaroslav Zhalnin.

Experts now say that Gagarin stood only a fifty-percent chance or surviving his daring leap into outer space.

1. It's about time!

2. Echoing the other comments, hopefully this will be released with subtitles outside Russia. The production values look very high so one would think this would be part of their marketing plan - but who knows.

A blockbuster Russian drama about the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, has hit the big screen. The $7 million film is more factual than fictional, based on recently released secret archive material on the legendary Soviet cosmonaut.

The film first premiered in Moscow on April 12 and was screened at the UN's Vienna International Center, and is now hitting Russian wide screens.

...Kapanets also explained how troves of material from secret Russian archives were revealed for the 50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight: "This is how we've discovered several sketches of the rockets and of the capsule that we later recreated in our film in accordance with the released data."

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Originally posted by cspg:
...it doesn't say if there are/will be English subtitles.

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At the end, the film contains historical scenes and photos from Juri Gagarin. From the historical aspect, the film must have looked deeper into the live of Juri Gagarin and his impact to the space race.