Discover
In 1961 President John F. Kennedy started the United States on a path of discovery and exploration that captures the best of mankind's spirit. On April 12th, 1961, the Soviet Union reports the successful launch, orbit and reentry of the first man in space, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin pushing the cold war into a space duel. With the collapse of communism and the rise of freedom in the Russian Federation, recent access to documents in the Kremlin archives reveal a story intended to remain buried forever. Yuri Gagarin, the icon of triumphant communism known world over, was not the first man in space. He was preceded by Vladimir Ilyushin, an unsung hero and the man at the center of this decades old conspiracy....
Original Release
09/05/2009
US Release
09/05/2009
Cast
Name | Character |
---|
Gordon Feller | |
Yuri Gagarin | (archive footage) |
Elliott Gould | Host / Narrator |
Vladimir Iluyshin | |
Sergei Khrushchev | |
Yuri Lyzlov | |
Dennis Ogden | |
Racheal Seymour | |
Rick Sturdevant | |
Elliott Haimoff | (as Elliot Haimoff) |
Directors
Writers
Elliott Haimoff, Barbara Sharp, Diane Tishkoff
Cast
Name | Character |
---|
Gordon Feller | |
Yuri Gagarin | (archive footage) |
Elliott Gould | Host / Narrator |
Vladimir Iluyshin | |
Sergei Khrushchev | |
Yuri Lyzlov | |
Dennis Ogden | |
Racheal Seymour | |
Rick Sturdevant | |
Elliott Haimoff | (as Elliot Haimoff) |
Producers
Name | Role |
---|
Elliott Haimoff | Executive Producer |
Barbara Sharp | Producer |
Diane Tishkoff | Producer |