20 minutes that changed humanity forever — no CGI, just pure Soviet nerve.
On 12 April 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to journey into outer space.
Direction
Vermisheva turns state footage into genuinely suspenseful cinema.
Production
Real 1961 launch footage hits harder than any modern space epic.
Director
Yekaterina Vermisheva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gagarin's 'Let's go!' was allegedly 'Poyekhali!' — a casual Russian phrase, not the epic 'I am ready' Soviet officials wanted.
Vermisheva was one of few female directors in Soviet cinema; her propagandist eye somehow humanizes state machinery.
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