How the Steel Was Tempered This literary adaptation was one of only two films made during World War II on the subject of the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution, as attention by filmmakers and viewers shifted away from past history and toward the current conflict. Details Casts Posters Title How the Steel Was Tempered Release Date 1942-09-28 Runtime 01 Hours 32 Minutes Genres Drama War History Production Companies Dovzhenko Film Studios, Turkmenfilm Production Countries Soviet Union Daniil Sagal... ... Aleksandr Khvylya... ... Boris Runge... ... Vladimir Balashov... ... Grigoriy Aronov... ... Nikolai Voloshin... ... Dmitriy Kapka... ... Boris Andreyev... ... Original Size (500x750) Original Size (500x750)