How the Steel Was Tempered (1942)
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.
Cast
Daniil Sagal
Irina Fedotova
Tonya
Nikolai Bubnov
Artyom Korchagin
Aleksandr Khvylia
Boris Runge
Vladimir Balashov
Władysław Krasnowiecki
German Major
Anton Dunaiskyi
Translator
Nikolai Voloshin
Dmytro Kapka
Boris Andreyev
Boris Runge
Seryozhka Bruzzhak
Yelena Anufriyeva
Korchagin's mother
Vladimir Kantsel
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