A man paves his own way to his own soul through an intellectual quest, tragedies of nations and personal drama. The road moving through the cosmic distances is a flight into one's internal world. This flight and this drama are revealed in this philosophical film-poem.

Yuri Gagarin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sergei Korolev
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Orville Wright
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wilbur Wright
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Georgiy Beregovoy
as Self - Cosmonaut (uncredited)

Konstantin Feoktistov
as Self - Cosmonaut (uncredited)

Viktor Gorbatko
as Self - Cosmonaut (uncredited)

Georgiy Grechko
as Self - Cosmonaut (uncredited)

Andriyan Nikolayev
as Self - Cosmonaut (uncredited)

Vitaliy Sevastyanov
as Self - Cosmonaut (uncredited)