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How the Steel Was Tempered (1975)

How the Steel Was Tempered poster
Original title
Как закалялась сталь
Directed by
Nikolay Mashchenko
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
6h 09m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a Soviet six-episode television film and cinematic film based on Nikolai Ostrovsky's novel. It follows a young man's involvement in the Russian Civil War and his subsequent struggle with illness and blindness while trying to remain useful to the revolution.

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What happens

Et l'acier fut trempé (Как закалялась сталь, Kak zakalyalas stal), est un téléfilm ainsi qu'un film de cinéma soviétique en six épisodes réalisé par Nikolaï Machtchenko d'après le roman éponyme de Nikolaï Ostrovski en 1973. Il a été créé à la télévision le 3 novembre 1973 et la version cinématographique est sortie en 1975. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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