They Were Actors (1981)
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
Zinaida Kirienko
as Aleksandra Peregonets
Zinaida Kirienko is a recognised Soviet actress, who played vivid roles in the films Poem of the Sea, The Fate of a Man and others. She gained all-Union fame after playing the role of Natalia in the f...
Igor Ledogorov
as Ryabinin
Aleksandr Fatyushin
as Baryshev
Zhanna Prokhorenko
as Ozerova
Zhanna Prokhorenko (11 May 1940 – 1 August 2011) was a Soviet actress, best known for her role in Grigory Chukhray's film Ballad of a Soldier. She was awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1988. She...
Vladimir Druzhnikov
as Dobkevich
Nikolai Volkov St.
as Dvin-Dvinsky
Director
Georgi Natanson