How the Steel Was Tempered (film)

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

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

Starring

 * 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.