The read
It runs a compact 1h 15m.
Synopsis
For three decades the Soviet Union's obsession with space stirred the soul of the nation like a secular religion - from the first space star Yuri Gagarin to the sad saga of cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev who circled the planet for almost a year, a helpless spectator of the momentous events back home on earth. Exploring the spiritual force of this grand obsession, Arena talks to Krikalev and the first cosmonauts, and ventures into the world of relics, icons and the memorabilia of the Soviet space venture.
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Key crew
- Leslie WoodheadDirector
- Leslie WoodheadWriter
Cast
- Dilly BarlowSelf - Narrator
- Sergei KrikalevSelf – Interviewee
- Artemiy TroitskiySelf – Interviewee
- Vladimir PoznerSelf - Interviewee
- Helen SharmanSelf - Interviewee
- Valentina TereshkovaSelf (Archive footage)
- LaikaSelf (Archive footage)
- Yuri GagarinSelf (Archive footage)
- Georgiy GrechkoSelf - Interviewee
- Vladimir DzhanibekovSelf - Interviewee
- Alexei LeonovSelf - Interviewee
- Andrei Konstantinovich SokalovSelf - Interviewee