How the Steel Was Tempered

Sep 28, 1942

1h 32m

★ 2.8

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.

Genres

Drama

War

History

Production Companies

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Turkmenfilm

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Cast

Pavel Korchagin

Viktor Perest-Petrenko

Daniil Sagal

Tonya

Irina Fedotova

Artyom Korchagin

Nikolai Bubnov

Aleksandr Khvylia

Boris Runge

Vladimir Balashov

German Major

Władysław Krasnowiecki

Translator

Anton Dunaiskyi

Grigoriy Aronov

Nikolai Voloshin

Dmytro Kapka

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