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Gagarin: First in Space (2013)
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Original name: Гагарин. Первый в космосе
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The film is dedicated to the first steps of mankind on the path of space exploration and direct the fate of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The main motif - the fight for the right to be first: the competition in the first cosmonaut, competition in missile technology, the confrontation of superpowers - the USSR and the USA. In the first group of astronauts were selected from three thousand fighter pilots across the country. In twenty of the legendary got the best of the best. Which of them will fly first, no one knew. In this way, had to contend not only with the pull of the earth ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, captivating, emotional, dramatic, uplifting
Plot:
outer space, space exploration, spacecraft, space mission, cosmonaut, national hero, folk hero, rise to the top, follow your dream, escapades, workplace, biopic, heroes, space race, military, space program, mission, spacewalk, human in outer space, friendship, rivalry, rivals, professional rivalry, space travel, rocket ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia, ukraine, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, realistic and exciting films with plots about biopic, ambition, heroes, hopes, escapades, space exploration and rivalry mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Gagarin: First in Space: The Spacewalker (2017), The Right Stuff (1983), Apollo 13 (1995), Salyut-7 (2017), Forsaken (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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