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How the Steel Was Tempered
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.
Directed by Mark Donskoy, Mikhail Levin
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User score
6 votes
Status
Released
Released
September 28, 1942
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
Russian
Top cast
Viktor Perest-Petrenko
Pavel Korchagin
Daniil Sagal
Irina Fedotova
Tonya
Nikolai Bubnov
Artyom Korchagin
Aleksandr Khvylia
Boris Runge
Vladimir Balashov
Władysław Krasnowiecki
German Major
Anton Dunaiskyi
Translator
Grigoriy Aronov
Nikolai Voloshin
Dmytro Kapka
Boris Andreyev
Boris Runge
Seryozhka Bruzzhak
Yelena Anufriyeva
Korchagin's mother
Viktor Bubnov
Artyom, Pavka's brother
Vladimir Kantsel
Samuil Ditlovich
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