It Happened in the Donbass

Name: It Happened in the Donbass
Director: Leonid Lukov
Genre: War, Action, Drama
Released: 1945
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Cast: Tatyana Okunevskaya, Yelena Tyapkina, Vera Altayskaya, Ivan Pelttser, Ivan Pereverzev

1945 War Action 93 minutes Directed by Leonid Lukov

About It Happened in the Donbass

In the German-occupied Donbas, young Soviets keep up a fight their fathers had already waged for Soviet power. Tatiana Okunevskaya plays both Natasha Loginova and Natasha's daughter Lena. Around them are the miner Afanasy Kulygin, played by Ivan Pelttser, and other underground figures from the mining towns.

Cast & crew

More about It Happened in the Donbass

Leonid Lukov and Vladimir Sukhobokov directed, with Sergei Antonov, Mikhail Bleiman, and Boris Gorbatov on the script. Aleksandr Gintsburg photographed it and Nikita Bogoslovsky wrote the score. English Wikipedia dates the release 11 July 1945, and Wikidata gives 93 minutes.

Themes

Occupation in the Donbas
Young fighters and their fathers
A mother and daughter played by one actress
Miners in the underground
Donbas
Natasha Loginova
Afanasy Kulygin
Soyuzdetfilm
Okunevskaya

Background

Soyuzdetfilm released the picture in July 1945, after the fighting in Europe had ended, about the occupation of the Donbas.

Look

Aleksandr Gintsburg photographed the film. Wikidata lists Donetsk among the locations.

Music

Nikita Bogoslovsky wrote the score.

Preservation

A print is on Wikimedia Commons under the Russian title and the year 1945.

Notes

The Russian title is Eto bylo v Donbasse. Another title used in Russian sources is Ottsy i deti.
Yelena Tyapkina plays Darya Timofeevna. Vera Altayskaya plays Marusya Shelkoplyas. Ivan Pereverzev plays Stepan Ryabinin.
Heinrich Greif plays a labor-exchange official tied to the Gestapo.
English Wikipedia's running time of 102 minutes does not match the 93 minutes on Wikidata and Russian Wikipedia.

Also available

Wikimedia Commons (1945. Это было в Донбассе.webm)