''Torrents of Steel'' (russian: Железный поток, Zhelezniy potok) is a 1967 Soviet war drama film directed by

Efim Dzigan Yefim Lvovich Dzigan (russian: Ефим Львович Дзиган; 14 December 1898 – 31 December 1981) was a Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Filmography Director * '' First Cornet Streshnev'' ...

based on the eponymous story by

Alexander Serafimovich Alexander Serafimovich (born Alexander Serafimovich Popov; russian: Алекса́ндр Серафимо́вич Попо́в; O.S. January 7 ( N.S. January 19), 1863 – January 19, 1949) was a Russian/Soviet writer and a member of the ...

Plot

The plot is based on a heavy campaign by the

Taman Army The Taman Army was an armed group within the Red Army, operating in the south of Russia during the Russian Civil War. It existed from August 27, 1918 to February 1919. The name derives from the Taman Peninsula, where the army was formed. Formation ...

through the areas occupied by the

White Army The White Army (russian: Белая армия, Belaya armiya) or White Guard (russian: Бѣлая гвардія/Белая гвардия, Belaya gvardiya, label=none), also referred to as the Whites or White Guardsmen (russian: Бѣлогв� ...

. The film is set during the summer of 1918, the beginning of the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

Cast

*Nikolay Alekseev - Kozhukh, commander of the Taman army *Lev Fritschinsky - Artemov, regiment *

Vladimir Ivashov Vladimir Sergeyevich Ivashov (russian: Влади́мир Серге́евич Ивашо́в; 28 August 1939 — 23 March 1995) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Biography He had a film career that spanned over 30 years. He is best known for hi ...

- Alexei Prikhodko *Nikolay Dupak - Volosatov, regiment *Nikolay Denisenko - The Barefooted *Anatoly Degtyar - Opanasov *Yakov Gladkikh - Smirnyuk *G. Zaslawiec - Golovan *

Irina Murzaeva Irina Vsevolodovna Murzaeva (russian: Ири́на Все́володовна Мурза́ева; May 15, 1906 — January 3, 1988) was a Soviet actress of theater and cinema. Biography She graduated from the Lunacharsky Theater College (192 ...

- Gorpina (voiced by

Valentina Vladimirova Valentina Kharlampiyevna Vladimirova (russian: Валентина Харлампиевна Владимирова; 22 November 1927, in Vasylivka – 23 March 1994, in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p ...

) *

Nina Alisova Nina Ulyanovna Alisova (russian: Нина Ульяновна Алисова) (15 December 1915 in Kyiv – 12 October 1996 in Moscow) was a Soviet theater and film actress. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1950). After her death she was buried in the ...

- Claudia *Leonid Gallis - General

Anton Denikin Anton Ivanovich Denikin (russian: Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин, link= ; 16 December Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._4_December.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New St ...

*Vladimir Sedov - General

Viktor Pokrovsky Viktor Leonidovich Pokrovsky (russian: Покровский Виктор Леонидович) (1889 – 9 November 1922) was a Russian lieutenant general and one of the leaders of anti-communist counterrevolutionary White Army during Russian Civil ...

*Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko - adjutant of General Pokrovsky *

Nikolay Trofimov Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Трофи́мов; January 21, 1920, Sevastopol — November 7, 2005, St. Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990 ...

- soldier Chirik *Boris Bityukov - Red Commander *Valentin Golubenko - Smolokurov *Arkady Shcherbakov *Akaki Kvantaliani - dukhan *Ksenia Kozmina - Stepanida *Valery Skorobogatov - Bratkin *Sergey (Max) Maximov - soldier *Yuri Volkov - Colonel *Leon Kukulian *Galina Samokhina *Maria Saharchuk *Mikhail Semenikhin *Georgios Sovcis

References

External links

* Soviet war drama films 1960s war drama films Mosfilm films Russian Civil War films 1967 drama films 1967 films {{Russia-film-stub