It Happened in the Donbass

It Happened in the Donbass

1945 · 102 min · ★ 7.5 · War, Action, Drama

The film is about the Soviet youth who fearlessly fight in the years of the Great Patriotic War against the Nazi invaders in the German-occupied Donbass and continue the work of their fathers, who in their time defended the Soviet Union.

Directed by Leonid Lukov · Written by Boris Gorbatov

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