Those Who Kept the Fire

Overview

The movie takes place in the first years after the Bolshevik coup in Donbas. Bandits blow up the bridge that carries ore to the blast furnace, the director of the plant is seriously wounded. The workers unanimously elect Ivan Klyavin, a mining foreman, as acting director. In search of the missing train with bread Klyavin gets to Petrograd. Here the hero meets Lenin. Returning to the factory, Klyavin reads to the workers a letter from the leader of the party. Enemies kill Klyavin, but are no longer able to prevent the factory workers from successfully overcoming the devastation.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 21, 1970

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm

Cast

Nikolai Parfyonov,Ivan Lapikov,Yevgeni Matveyev,German Kachin,Boris Yurchenko,Ivan Vasilyenko,Armen Dzhigarkhanyan,Tamara Syomina,Vitali Bazin,Lyubov Sokolovaand 5 more

Director

Yevgeni Karelov

Writer

Dmitri Vasiliu

Cinematography

Emil Gulidov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt4676418