---
title: 'Taming of the Fire (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Daniil Khrabrovitsky'
released: '1972-04-12'
runtime_minutes: 158
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/taming-of-the-fire-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069434/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Taming of the Fire (1972)

1972 · 158 min · Drama, History · Soviet Union

Original title: Укрощение огня

## Synopsis

Taming of the Fire is a 1972 film, directed by Daniil Khrabrovitsky and starring Kirill Lavrov. The film dramatizes the Soviet viewpoint of the Space Race, and features actual footage of the powerful, three-stage rockets built to launch the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space on Vostok 1.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Daniil Khrabrovitsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniil-khrabrovitsky)
- **Screenplay:** [Daniil Khrabrovitsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniil-khrabrovitsky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andrey Petrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-petrov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergei Vronsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-vronsky)

## Cast

- [Andrey Popov](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-popov)
- [Zinovy Gerdt](https://cinepixo.com/people/zinovy-gerdt)
- [Vsevolod Safonov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vsevolod-safonov)
- [Igor Gorbachyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-gorbachyov)
- [Ada Rohovtseva](https://cinepixo.com/people/ada-rohovtseva)
- [Vera Kuznetsova](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-kuznetsova)
- [Yevgeny Matveyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-matveyev)
- [Petr Shelokhonov](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-shelokhonov)
- [Innokenty Smoktunovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/innokenty-smoktunovsky)
- [Evgeniy Steblov](https://cinepixo.com/people/evgeniy-steblov)
- [Kirill Lavrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirill-lavrov)
- [Igor Vladimirov](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-vladimirov)

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