The Beginning of the Legend

The Beginning of the Legend

1977 · 62 min · ★ 8.0 · War, Drama, Family

The film tells about the childhood of Yuri Gagarin, about that time of life, which, in his own words, played an important role in shaping his character: war, the occupation of their villages by the Germans, famine, the theft of the elder brother and sister to Germany, the expulsion of the Nazis from Smolensk, moving family in the city of Gzhatsk.

Directed by Boris Grigorev · Written by Yuriy Nagibin

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

2h 20m together

The Beginning of the Legend

The Marble House

Both from Boris Grigorev.

More from Boris GrigorevSee all →

The Marble HouseThe Marble House · 1972
The Marble House
★ 9.51972
MovieAdventureFamily
A group of boys are hunting for treasure supposedly hidden in a ruins of the old marble house.
Georgy SedovGeorgy Sedov · 1975
Georgy Sedov
★ 9.01975
MovieDramaHistory
About the preparation and conduct of an expedition to the North Pole led by the famous explorer of the North, sailor and hydrographer Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov (1877-1914), organized by him in 1912 with private donations. The film is set in 1912-1914.
The Confession of a Kept WomanThe Confession of a Kept Woman · 1992
The Confession of a Kept Woman
★ 9.01992
MovieCrimeRomance
Vadim, a successful businessman, enjoying great success with the female, kidnapped bandits for the purpose of obtaining a ransom. Collect an impressive amount of money for racketeers Vadim instructs his sexy mistress Mary. Police Colonel Shmelkov with a group of capture organizes an ambush and prepares for a meeting of unwelcome visitors in the apartment at Maria.
To Award (Posthumously)To Award (Posthumously) · 1986
To Award (Posthumously)
★ 8.31986
MovieActionCrime
A WWII veteran involved in crime activity suddenly finds out about an award granted to him posthumously during the war.
First SnowFirst Snow · 1965
First Snow
★ 8.01965
MovieWarDrama
No Password NecessaryNo Password Necessary · 1967
No Password Necessary
★ 7.71967
MovieActionAdventure
A spy game between Reds and Whites is in full motion during Russian Civil War.
The Old HouseThe Old House · 1970
The Old House
★ 7.51970
MovieDrama
About the early years of the life of the philosopher and writer Alexander Herzen, about his first and unrequited love, about the throwing of youth and growing up of a young critic and revolutioner. According to his father, he comes from an ancient Russian family, and his mother was a simple German woman. As an illegitimate son, he was not given the name of his father, Yakovlev. In his youth, he was fond of the ideas of freedom, for which it is not a pity to fight, which even then was close to the ideals of the revolution...
The GrasshopperThe Grasshopper · 1979
The Grasshopper
★ 7.01979
MovieRomanceDrama
A story about young girls who tries to build her life based on jumping from one rich man to another.
Бес в реброБес в ребро · 1990
Бес в ребро
★ 6.91990
MovieMysteryCrime
Sea Cadet of Northern FleetSea Cadet of Northern Fleet · 1973
Sea Cadet of Northern Fleet
★ 6.41973
MovieWarDrama
The screen story of four teenagers, on whom the horrors of war had left an indelible mark. Their relatives’ deaths and their yearning for fighting the Nazis led them, one way or another, to a sea cadet school that had been opened on Solovetski Islands at the start of the war. This film tells of men’s friendship, the boys’ first baptism of fire, and the victory…
Ogaryova Street, Number 6Ogaryova Street, Number 6 · 1981
Ogaryova Street, Number 6
★ 6.41981
MovieCrimeMystery
Detective Kostenko is traveling between Moscow and Sukhumi trying to find the responsible for double homicide.
Petrovka Street, Number 38Petrovka Street, Number 38 · 1980
Petrovka Street, Number 38
★ 6.31980
MovieCrimeMystery
Employees of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department - Colonel Alexei Pavlovich Sadchikov, Major Vladislav Nikolaevich Kostenko and Senior Lieutenant Valentin Roslyakov are investigating the impudent robberies carried out by a group wearing dark glasses criminals. The City Savings Bank was robbed. The investigation of the crime indicated the involvement of a teenager, who soon came to the criminal investigation himself. With his help, the robbers who were preparing the next raid were caught. But the most dangerous criminal — "Prokhor" — is still free...
Hold on to the CloudsHold on to the Clouds · 1971
Hold on to the Clouds
★ 6.01971
MovieComedyRomance
In 1919, in Petrograd, a pilot Sevastyanov was asked to help in training flight personnel for the young Hungarian republic, together with a Hungarian journalist he makes a desperate, with many adventures, flight across the front to Hungary ...
The Spaceship of AliensThe Spaceship of Aliens · 1985
The Spaceship of Aliens
★ 5.31985
MovieDrama
A story about a launch of one of the first "Vostok" space ships in 1960.
Start LiquidationStart Liquidation · 1983
Start Liquidation
★ 5.21983
MovieDramaAction
Army and police are trying to fight crime in West Belarus during Spring of 1945.
KorolevKorolev · 2007
Korolev
★ 1.02007
MovieDrama
In the fall of 1938, the NKVD arrested Sergei Korolyov. Under torture, the investigators are trying to extract from him a confession of anti-Soviet activities, each time citing incriminating facts from the biography of the young scientist. Plunging into Korolev's memories, the viewer sees what an extraordinary and enthusiastic person he was, how much creative energy and vitality Sergei Pavlovich gave to the development of world cosmonautics.

More Like This

Moulin RougeMoulin Rouge · 1952
Moulin Rouge
★ 6.61952
MovieDrama
In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.
She SaidShe Said · 2022
She Said
★ 7.22022
MovieDramaHistory
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
MalenaMalena · 2000
Malena
★ 7.62000
MovieDrama
12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed dead, and, through his soul, we see his love for her.
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the LegendLamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend · 2022
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
★ 6.42022
MovieDramaHistory
Follow the launch of Lamborghini’s career as a manufacturer of tractors, a creator of military vehicles during World War II, and the designer of Lamborghini cars, which he launched in 1963 as the high-end sports car company Automobili Lamborghini.
Where Eagles DareWhere Eagles Dare · 1968
Where Eagles Dare
★ 7.51968
MovieAdventureWar
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
Cross of IronCross of Iron · 1977
Cross of Iron
★ 7.11977
MovieDramaAction
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.
Eye of the NeedleEye of the Needle · 1981
Eye of the Needle
★ 6.71981
MovieDramaThriller
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.
Riding in Cars with BoysRiding in Cars with Boys · 2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
★ 6.82001
MovieDramaComedy
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
StalingradStalingrad · 1993
Stalingrad
★ 7.31993
MovieDramaHistory
A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.
When the Wind BlowsWhen the Wind Blows · 1986
When the Wind Blows
★ 7.51986
MovieAnimationWar
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.
NixonNixon · 1995
Nixon
★ 6.81995
MovieDramaHistory
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
The Guns of NavaroneThe Guns of Navarone · 1961
The Guns of Navarone
★ 7.31961
MovieAdventureDrama
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
FarinelliFarinelli · 1994
Farinelli
★ 6.61994
MovieHistoryDrama
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter