The Very First

The Very First

1962 · 105 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

After a test flight, pilot Sergei Sazonov was invited to a group of astronauts. Intensive preparation begins for the flight into space: classes in the weightlessness chamber, constant study. Sergei decides that he does not have the right to meet with a cheerful student Natasha, whom his friends accuse of frivolity. But their telephone conversation ends up asking him to marry him.

Directed by Anatoliy Granik · Written by Aleksandr Tverskoy

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