How the Steel Was Tempered (film)

How the Steel Was Tempered () is a 1942 Soviet drama film directed by Mark Donskoy.

Plot

The film is based on the eponymous novel by Nikolai Ostrovsky.

Cast

• V. Perest-Petrenko as Pavel Korchagin
• Irina Fedotova as Tonya
• Daniil Sagal as Zhukhrai - Sailor
• Nikolai Bubnov as Artem Korchagin (as N. Bubnov)
• Aleksandr Khvylya as Dolinnik
• Boris Runge as Serezhka
• Vladimir Balashov as Victor Leschinsky
• Wladyslaw Krasnowiecki as German Officer (as V. Krasnovitsky)
• Anton Dunajsky as Ukrainian Interpreter
• Nikolai Voloshin

Cultural significance

How the Steel was Tempered was a frequent cultural reference point for workers during China's Third Front construction campaign to develop basic industry and national defense industry in China's interior.

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