How the Steel Was Tempered (1942)

2.8/10 • 92 min • Drama War History

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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