Takeoff (film)

Take-Off (Взлёт) is a 1979 Soviet biopic about the Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, directed by Savva Kulish and based on a screenplay byOleg Osetinsky.

Savva Kulish was nominated for this film at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival, winning the Silver Prize.

Cast

 * Yevgeni Yevtushenko as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
 * Larisa Kadochnikova as Varvara Yevgrafovna
 * Albert Filozov as Panin
 * Yelena Finogeyeva as Lyuba
 * Kirill Arbuzov as Ignati
 * V. Aleksandrov as Tailor
 * Georgi Burkov as Rokotov
 * Ion Ungureanu as Priest
 * Vladimir Sedov as Yevgraf Nikolayevich
 * Vladimir Erenberg as Trustee
 * Olga Barnet as Trustee's wife
 * Sergei Nasibov as Dmitri
 * Anna Chizhikova as Masha, Tsiolkovsky's daughter
 * Alla Chizhikova as Anya, Tsiolkovsky's daughter
 * Anton Glotov as Irnatik, Tsiolkovsky's son
 * Svetlana Reymouk as Lyuba
 * Olegar Fedoro as Gendarme officer
 * Amayak Akopyan
 * Lidiya Dranovskaya
 * Konstantin Zabelin
 * S. Vologdin
 * A. Golitsyn

Stunt department: Aleksandr Inshakov, Tadeush Kasyanov, Andrei Nikolayev, K. Feklin, S. Kharmandzhayev, A. Massarsky, V. Nikitin, A. Yanovsky