How the Steel Was Tempered
Sep 28 1942
•2h 32m
•Drama, War, History
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
See allDaniil Sagal
Aleksandr Khvylya
Boris Runge
Vladimir Balashov
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