How the Steel Was Tempered
How the Steel Was Tempered

Movie·1942·1h 32m

How the Steel Was Tempered

Country

Soviet Union

Language

Russian

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The Story

Original title: Как закалялась сталь

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.

Producer

Mikhail Levin

Cinematography

Boris Monastyrsky

Music

Lev Shvarts

Editor

N. Gorbenko

Themes

russian revolution (1917)russian civil war (1918-21)heroicteenagerbook adaptationyoung hero

Production House

Dovzhenko Film Studios
Turkmenfilm

Audience Score

28%

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Cast

Viktor Perest-Petrenko

Pavel Korchagin

Daniil Sagal

Daniil Sagal

Irina Fedotova

Irina Fedotova

Tonya

Nikolai Bubnov

Nikolai Bubnov

Artyom Korchagin

Aleksandr Khvylia

Aleksandr Khvylia

Boris Runge

Boris Runge

Vladimir Balashov

Vladimir Balashov

Władysław Krasnowiecki

Władysław Krasnowiecki

German Major

Anton Dunaiskyi

Anton Dunaiskyi

Translator

Grigoriy Aronov

Nikolai Voloshin

Nikolai Voloshin

Dmytro Kapka

Dmytro Kapka

Boris Andreyev

Boris Andreyev

Boris Runge

Boris Runge

Seryozhka Bruzzhak

Yelena Anufriyeva

Yelena Anufriyeva

Korchagin's mother

Viktor Bubnov

Artyom, Pavka's brother

Vladimir Kantsel

Vladimir Kantsel

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Crew

Mark Donskoy

Mark Donskoy

Director, Screenplay

Boris Monastyrsky

Boris Monastyrsky

Director of Photography

Lev Shvarts

Lev Shvarts

Original Music Composer

N. Gorbenko

Editor

Mikhail Levin

Executive Producer

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