The film tells about the childhood of Yuri Gagarin, about that time of life, which, in his own words, played an important role in shaping his character: war, the occupation of their villages by the Germans, famine, the theft of the elder brother and sister to Germany, the expulsion of the Nazis from Smolensk, moving family in the city of Gzhatsk.
| Writing | Yuriy Nagibin | Writer |
| Directing | Boris Grigoryev | Director |
| Art | Boris Dulenkov | Production Design |
| Camera | Konstantin Arutyunov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Georgy Dmitriyev | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Chernysheva | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Naum Markzitser | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | M. Khrabak | Editor |
| Production | David Prober | Producer |
| Sound | Antonio Vivaldi | Music |
| Sound | Arcangelo Corelli | Music |
| Sound | Alessandro Marcello | Music |
| Crew | Alexei Leonov | Military Consultant |
| Sound | Dmitriy Bogolepov | Sound Director |
| Lighting | F. Prokhorov | Lighting Artist |
| Lighting | M. Zhuravlyov | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | B. Nagorniy | Camera Operator |
| Art | Feliks Rostotsky | Decorator |
| Writing | Semyon Klebanov | Script Editor |
| Writing | Anna Gagarina | Script Consultant |
