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.
How the Steel Was Tempered (1942)
Mark Donskoy
At a glance
Countries
Soviet Union
Ratings
TMDB users
2.8/10
6 votes
Rating consensus
28/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Cooler blended reception — weighted ~28/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Viktor Perest-Petrenko
Pavel Korchagin
Daniil Sagal
Irina Fedotova
Tonya
Nikolai Bubnov
Artyom Korchagin
Aleksandr Khvylia
Boris Runge
Vladimir Balashov
Władysław Krasnowiecki
German Major
Anton Dunaiskyi
Translator
Grigoriy Aronov
Nikolai Voloshin
Dmytro Kapka
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How the Steel Was Tempered (1942)
Mark Donskoy
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