''It Happened in the Donbas'' (russian: Это было в Донбассе, Eto bylo v Donbasse) is a 1945

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

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. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Leonid Lukov Leonid Davydovich Lukov (russian: Леонид Давидович Луков; 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 ...

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

Plot

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

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sou ...

against the Nazi invaders in the German-occupied Donbas and continue the work of their fathers, who in their time defended the Soviet Union.

Cast

Tatiana Okunevskaya Tatiana Kirillovna Okunevskaya (russian: Татьяна Кирилловна Окуневская; 3 March 1914 – 15 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actress. Life Okunevskaya was born in Zavidovo, Moscow Governorate, in 1914. She was acti ...

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 (born 1967), former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres *Yelena Vladimiro ...

as Darya Timofeevna *

Vera Altayskaya Vera Vladimirovna Altayskaya (russian: Ве́ра Влади́мировна Алта́йская) (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 wa ...

as Marusya Shelkoplyas * Yelena Izmailova 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 Bulgari ...

as Afanasy Petrovich Kulygin, miner *

Ivan Pereverzev Ivan Fyodorovich Pereverzev (russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Переве́рзев; 3 September 1914 – 23 April 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1975). Filmography * '' The Convey ...

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 politica ...

as old woman *

Vladimir Balashov Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

as Pavlik Bazanov * Sergei Komarov *

Aleksei Konsovsky Aleksey Anatolyevich Konsovsky (russian: Алексей Анатольевич Консовский; 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 wa ...

* Alexander Mikhailov as member of the YCL *

Boris Poslavsky Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...

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

Gestapo The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one orga ...

Vyacheslav Dugin Vyacheslav, also transliterated Viacheslav or Viatcheslav (russian: Вячеслав, Vjačeslav ; uk, В'ячеслав, V"jačeslav ), is a Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is the equivalent of Belarusian Вячаслаў/Вацл� ...

as Anton *

Inna Makarova Inna Vladimirovna Makarova (russian: И́нна Влади́мировна Мака́рова; 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 Ci ...

as partisan *

Yevgeny Morgunov Yevgeny Alexandrovich Morgunov (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Моргуно́в; April 27, 1927 – June 25, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, Merited Artist of Russian SFSR (197 ...

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-USSR-film-stub