Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin

Born: March 9, 1934
Died: March 27, 1968
in Klushino, Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin  was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human travel into outer space: his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.

Movies for Yuri Gagarin...

Title: Le Siècle des icônes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 27, 2022
Type: TV
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On a grandi ensemble
Title: On a grandi ensemble
Released: September 21, 2022
Type: Movie
In Ivry sur Seine, in the Parisian suburbs, the Gagarin housing estate was a symbol. Destroyed in 2020, this film brings it back to life, through the eyes of Adnane Tragha, who grew up across the street, and through the words of its former inhabitants. Back in the deserted city, they evoke their memories of the place. Daniel, Loïc, Karima, Yvette, Foued, Samira and Mehdy tell us about their lives, their experiences and their feelings. The difficulties as well as the solidarity, the stigmatization as well as the mutual aid, the good memories as well as the bad. Crossing temporalities and experiences, "We grew up together" paints, through small subjective touches, the story of a city like so many others. This film is a "counter-history", the rehabilitation of a word that is too rare, a hymn to working-class neighborhoods. "At the same time documentary, fiction, archival work, We grew up together is multifaceted, like the city.
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The Longest Voyage
Title: The Longest Voyage
Character: Self - Cosmonaut (archive footage)
Released: October 26, 2020
Type: Movie
Spain, 1519. Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator in the service of King Charles I, undertakes, at the command of five ships, a commercial expedition to the Moluccas. The story of the first circumnavigation of the world, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano in 1522.
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Title: History 101
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 22, 2020
Type: TV
Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.
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Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
Title: Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
Character: Self - Cosmonaut (archive footage)
Released: January 8, 2020
Type: Movie
How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create a secret military base located in the far north of Greenland: Camp Century, almost a real town with roads and houses, a nuclear plant to provide power and silos to house missiles aimed at the Soviet Union.
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Title: Chasing the Moon
Character: Self
Released: July 8, 2019
Type: TV
An unprecedented look at the decade-long odyssey to land a man on the moon. This documentary pulls back the curtain on the familiar narrative of the moonshot, revealing a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama.
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Moon: The Battles of Space
Title: Moon: The Battles of Space
Character: Self - Cosmonaut (archive footage)
Released: January 2, 2019
Type: Movie
July 20, 1969. Apollo 11 lands on the surface of the Moon. Such a feat was apparently performed to the greater glory of all mankind, but actually it marked the end of the space race disputed by the two great superpowers of the time in their eagerness to arrive before and the beginning of the spread of the Cold War into space. Nowadays, the struggle continues, but the main competitors and their purposes are others.
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Title: Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 17, 2016
Type: TV
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The End of a Beautiful Epoch
Title: The End of a Beautiful Epoch
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Drama based on life and stories of one of the most popular Soviet/Russian writers - Sergei Dovlatov.
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Destination Titan
Title: Destination Titan
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 10, 2011
Type: Movie
A story about four British scientists who have created a probe which will take a seven year long trip to the largest moon orbiting Saturn, Titan. Designing and building a vehicle that will travel more than 2 billion miles across space is not an easy task as it is shown in Destination Titan. The documentary follows the story behind the creation of a probe that is the culmination of a lifetime endeavor which will be strapped onto what is essentially a giant bomb and hurled out of earths atmosphere on a seven year long journey. will they succeed? This documentary is presented by John Zarnecki and features the famous TV host and astronomer Patrick Moore.
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La Rabbia di Pasolini
Title: La Rabbia di Pasolini
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 5, 2008
Type: Movie
An attempt to reconstruct the complete version of Pier Paolo Pasolini's segment of La rabbia.
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Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond
Title: Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond
Character: Himself - Soviet Cosmonaut (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
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Dark Side of the Moon
Title: Dark Side of the Moon
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 16, 2002
Type: Movie
A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The basic premise for the film is the theory that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and actually recorded in a studio by the CIA with help from director Stanley Kubrick.
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Title: Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 6, 1999
Type: TV
Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women were affected by this political system, one of the most unjust and bloodiest in history. Using newly discovered propaganda films and archival photos, these four episodes explore the mysteries of this totalitarian political machine that lured its share of important followers into the fold. Known as the red church, communism seduced its ardent followers like some earthly religion.
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Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
Title: Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 20, 1996
Type: Movie
Historic Russian battles to repel invaders serve as prelude to the story of events that redrew the map of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia in the 20th century. Following the turmoil of the Bolshevik Revolution, Communist Russia faces the venom of Nazi aggression. 1940's film footage reveals the harsh reality of total war, as the Red Army and Soviet civilians alike confront a brutal and tenacious enemy. The following decades are darkened by tensions between the USSR and foreign powers, and violent measures taken to silence voices of dissent. Finally, the Soviet people's yearning for a freer society leads to accelerating reforms and the ultimate dissolution of the USSR.
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Interkosmos
Title: Interkosmos
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Short film about astronauts in the GDR
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Голубой огонек - в первый час
Title: Голубой огонек - в первый час
Released: December 31, 1965
Type: Movie
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La Rabbia
Title: La Rabbia
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 13, 1963
Type: Movie
Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by discontent, anguish, and fear? The film is in two completely separate parts, and the directors of these respective sections, left-wing Pier Paolo Pasolini and conservative Giovanni Guareschi, offer the viewer contrasting analyses of and prescriptions for modern society. Part I, by Pasolini, is a denunciation of the offenses of Western culture, particularly those against colonized Africa. It is at the same time a chronicle of the liberation and independence of the former African colonies, portraying these peoples as the new protagonists of the world stage, holding up Marxism as their "salvation", and suggesting that their "innocent ferocity" will be the new religion of the era. Guareschi's part, by contrast, constitutes a defense of Western civilization and a word of hope, couched in traditional Christian terms, for man's future.