Underplayed Gems

The Miners of Donetsk (1951)

The Miners of Donetsk poster
Original title
Донецкие шахтеры
Directed by
Leonid Lukov
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a Soviet film about miners in the Donbas region in the 1950s. It shows them working in the mines. They greet new technologies with excitement.

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What happens

The Miners of Donetsk or Miners of the Don (Russian: Донецкие шахтёры, romanized: Donetskie shakhtyory) is a 1951 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Lukov. The film is about the life of miners in Donbas. New technologies are introduced which the miners embrace with enthusiasm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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