How the Steel Was Tempered (1942)

  • NR
  • 09/28/1942 (SU)
  • Drama, War, History
  • 1h 32m

Overview

This literary adaptation was one of only two films made during World War II on the subject of the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution, as attention by filmmakers and viewers shifted away from past history and toward the current conflict.

Nikolai Ostrovsky

Novel

Mark Donskoy

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Daniil Sagal's headshot

Daniil Sagal

Aleksandr Khvylya's headshot

Aleksandr Khvylya

Boris Runge's headshot

Boris Runge

Vladimir Balashov's headshot

Vladimir Balashov

Grigoriy Aronov's headshot

Grigoriy Aronov

Nikolai Voloshin's headshot

Nikolai Voloshin

Dmitriy Kapka's headshot

Dmitriy Kapka

Boris Andreyev's headshot

Boris Andreyev

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