The plot of the film is based on real events of the Great Patriotic War. When the Nazis occupied Crimea, the actors of the drama theater of the city of Simferopol entered the underground group Sokol. The activities of the underground members were diverse: they put up leaflets with information from Soviet Information Bureau, compiled maps showing the strategic objects of the enemy, and supplied the partisans with medicines. On April 10, 1944, 3 days before the liberation of Simferopol, the underground members died from enemy bullets — they were shot on the outskirts of the city.
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Cast
41 people
Zinaida Kirienko
Aleksandra Peregonets
Known for
Fate of a Man
Igor Ledogorov
Ryabinin
Known for
To the Stars by Hard Ways
Georgi Natanson
Veniamin Basner
Aleksandr Fatyushin
Baryshev
Known for
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Viktor Orlov
Antonina Zimina
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Ozerova
Known for
Ballad of a Soldier
The Red Snowball Tree
Ivan Plastinkin
Vladimir Druzhnikov
Dobkevich
Known for
The Secret of the Third Planet
Officers
Anatoliy Nikolayev
Nikolai Volkov St.
Dvin-Dvinsky
Known for
Old Man Khottabych
Striped Trip
Georgi Natanson Director · Viktor Orlov Writer Venyamin Basner Composer
First release December 12, 1981 · Produced in Russia · Original title Они были актёрами
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Mosfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Они были актёрами
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 12, 1981
Russia · December 12, 1981
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