How the Steel Was Tempered (Russian: Как закалялась сталь) is a 1942 Soviet drama film directed by Mark Donskoy.
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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 Seryozhka
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.