A Night in September

A Night in September

1939 · 82 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

Film deals with Stakhanovite movement. Old miners try to sabotage young man's plan to renew methods of getting coal.

Directed by Boris Barnet · Written by Igor Chekin

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