Review (#7): "Gagarin: First in Space," a Movie Directed by Pavel Parkhomenko (2013)
Gagarin is greeting Hungarian youth on the cover of a Hungarian newspaper, during a visit to Hungary, on August 26, 1961, exactly 57 years ago. His related handwritten message in Cyrillic may be seen beside his left leg. By Cseperke TIKÁSZ ** Join the European Science Fiction group on Facebook for related discussions. ** What did Yuriy Gagarin feel before his launch to space in 1961? What was Sergei Korolev (the chief Soviet spacecraft designer) thinking as the countdown proceeded? And what about German Titov, Gagarin's reserve? And Valentina Gagarina – the wife, with their two little daughters? We cannot possibly know, of course. What we know from the press coverage of the era is that an euphoric shock would soon be felt across the world, upon Gagarin's return, for Yuriy Gagarin, the first human to do so, has journeyed into outer space! In 2013, a new film on the subject was released in Russia: Gagarin: First in space (Гагарин. Первый в космосе). The production ...