''It Happened in the

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'' () is a 1945

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Leonid Lukov Leonid Davydovich Lukov (; 2 May 1909 – 24 April 1963) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1930 and 1963. Leonid Lukov was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1957 and awarded the Stalin Prize twice ...

based on a screenplay by Sergei Antonov and Mikhail Blajman. Produced by

Soyuzdetfilm Gorky Film Studio () is a municipally-owned film studio in Moscow, Russia. By the end of the Soviet Union, Gorky Film Studio had produced more than 1,000 films. Many film classics were filmed at the Gorky Film Studio throughout its history and ...

Plot

The film is about the Soviet youth who fearlessly fight in the years of the

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against the Nazi invaders in the German-occupied

and continue the work of their fathers, who in their time defended the

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Cast

Tatiana Okunevskaya Tatiana Kirillovna Okunevskaya (; 3 March 1914 – 15 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actress. Life Okunevskaya was born in Konakovsky District, Zavidovo, Moscow Governorate, in 1914. She was active in Soviet film and theatre from 1933 to 19 ...

as Natasha Loginova *

Yelena Tyapkina Yelena or Jelena is a feminine given name. It is the Russian form of Helen, written Елена in Russian. Notable people called Yelena *Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete) (born 1967), former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres *Yelena ...

as Darya Timofeevna *

Vera Altayskaya Vera Vladimirovna Altayskaya () (21 May 1919 – 28 December 1978) was a Soviet actress known for her roles in children's fairy tale films and comedies. Born in Petrograd, she was the adoptive daughter of Konstantin Altaysky-Korolyov, a poet an ...

as Marusya Shelkoplyas *

Yelena Izmailova Yelena or Jelena is a feminine given name. It is the Russian form of Helen, written Елена in Russian. Notable people called Yelena *Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete) (born 1967), former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres *Yelena ...

as Lisa *

Ivan Pelttser Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the Bul ...

as Afanasy Petrovich Kulygin, miner *

Ivan Pereverzev Ivan Fyodorovich Pereverzev (; 3 September 1914 – 23 April 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1975). From his relationship with the actress Alla Larionova, he had a daughter, Alyona. Filmog ...

as Stepan Andreyevich Ryabinin *

Mariya Yarotskaya Mariya is a variation of the feminine given name Maria. People * Mariya Abakumova (born 1986), Russian Olympic javelin thrower * Mariya Agapova (born 1997), Kazakhstani mixed martial arts fighter * Mariya Alyokhina (born 1988), Russian polit ...

as old woman *

Vladimir Balashov Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria (). Etymology T ...

as Pavlik Bazanov * Sergei Komarov *

Aleksei Konsovsky Aleksey Anatolyevich Konsovsky (; 28 January 1912 – 20 July 1991) was a Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1976). Biography He was born in Moscow to a working class family. He was married to Vera ...

* Alexander Mikhailov as member of the YCL *

Boris Poslavsky Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name * *List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) Arts and media * Boris (band), a Japanese experimental rock trio * ''Boris'' (EP), by Yezda Urfa, 1975 * "Boris" (son ...

as Nikolay Sergeyevich Loginov, a doctor *

Heinrich Greif Otto Karl Heinrich Greif (11 March 1907 – 16 July 1946) was a German actor and social activist. Biography Heinrich Greif was born 11 March 1907 in Dresden. Since 1926, he studied in the studio at the theater Volksbühne under the directio ...

as official labor exchange and the

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* Vyacheslav Dugin as Anton *

Inna Makarova Inna Vladimirovna Makarova (; 28 July 1926 – 25 March 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She grew up in Novosibirsk. In 1948 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow and began to work as an actress at the Nati ...

as partisan *

Yevgeny Morgunov Yevgeny Alexandrovich Morgunov (; April 27, 1927 – June 25, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, Merited Artist of Russian SFSR (1978). Early life He started out as a worker in a Moscow factory, but - "a l ...

as underground worker * Mikhail Kuznetsov as underground worker

References

External links

* 1945 films Soviet black-and-white films 1940s Russian-language films Gorky Film Studio films 1940s war drama films Soviet war drama films Russian war drama films Films directed by Leonid Lukov 1945 drama films Russian black-and-white films Russian World War II films Soviet World War II films 1940s Soviet films Russian-language war drama films {{1940s-USSR-film-stub