Soviet teens weaponize coal mines and spite against actual Nazis—1945 propaganda hits different.
The film is about the Soviet youth who fearlessly fight in the years of the Great Patriotic War against the Nazi invaders in the German-occupied Donbass and continue the work of their fathers, who in their time defended the Soviet Union.
Practical Effects
Real Donbass locations filmed mere months after liberation—ruins aren't sets.
Production
Shot in 1945 with actual veterans and workers as extras.
Director
Leonid Lukov
Tatyana Okunevskaya
Natasha Loginova
Yelena Tyapkina
Darya Timofeevna
Vera Altayskaya
Marusya Shelkoplyas
Ivan Pelttser
Afanasy Petrovich Kulygin
Ivan Pereverzev
Stepan Andreyevich Ryabinin
Vladimir Balashov
Aleksey Konsovskiy
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Inna Makarova
Yevgeni Morgunov
Aleksandr Mikhajlov
Boris
Yelena Izmailova
Lisa
Heinrich Greif
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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