Takeoff

Take-Off is a 1979 Soviet biopic about the Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, directed by Savva Kulish and based on a screenplay by. 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 departament: Aleksandr Inshakov, Tadeush Kasyanov, Andrei Nikolayev, K. Feklin, S. Kharmandzhayev, A. Massarsky, V. Nikitin, A. Yanovsky