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.

Director: Mark Donskoy

Cast: Viktor Perest-Petrenko, Daniil Sagal, Irina Fedotova, Nikolai Bubnov, Aleksandr Khvylia, Boris Runge, Vladimir Balashov, Władysław Krasnowiecki

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