![]() ![]() Besides, they did get quite a bit of it right, including some of the stuff that defies belief. But its compensates by being entertaining. Some would criticize the movie for a lack of historical accuracy. I was glad to see general Kaminin getting his due alongside Korolov (the chief designer) as the fathers of the Soviet program. You have only to see interviews with him in various documentaries to see his larger than life personality. It is noteworthy that Leonov himself acted as advisor for the production, though it should probably be taken with a huge grain of salt. Here we finally get Leonov's very dramatic story. First satellite (sputnik) First man in orbit (Gagarin) First space walk (Leonov) first woman in space (Terskova) first space station in orbit (Salyut). And why not? The Soviet Union had a great many 'firsts'. Russian movies that celebrate Soviet era achievements in the space race. This film is in the same vein as Gagarin First In Space and Salyut 7. So NASA will also have to pull up their socks :) On another note, I think the actors did a great job in their portrayal of Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev not only providing an insight into their careers as cosmonauts and aviators, but also into their lives and personalities the whole picture emphasising very much the humanity of those two great space pioneers. (Spacecraft propulsion still being basically the same as in the 1960's no physics breakthroughs having succeeded yet to improve spacecraft propulsion. I think it is safe to say that both Western and Russian space pioneers nowadays work very well together, and do a lot of cool stuff in the Cosmos together, to further space exploration - such as improving spacecraft propulsion which is still in the dark ages and urgently needs to be improved. Luckily though, those times are in the past. ![]() What I also enjoyed about this story, is that the two cosmonauts rose above the petty rivalry and squabbling during that time - within the Soviet government as well as with the United States - the negative elements of the "space race" between the Soviet Union and the United States having been counter-productive in many ways. I particularly liked the scene when the frost-covered Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2 soared into the sky from snow covered Mother Russia, rising into the Cosmos, and taking humanity into a new age of space exploration. ![]() This is a great and touching film about human values and space exploration. ![]()
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