Those Who Kept the Fire
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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.
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Yevgeny Matveyev
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Lyubov Sokolova
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Yevgeni Karelov
Dmitri Vasiliu
Oleg Yankovsky
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Tamara Syomina
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Ivan Lapikov
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Anatoliy Papanov
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Yevgeni Karelov Director · Dmitri Vasiliu Screenplay Emil Gulidov Cinematographer
First release April 21, 1970 · Produced in Russia · Original title Сохранившие огонь
Production
Mosfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Сохранившие огонь
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · April 21, 1970
Russia · April 21, 1970
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