The District Secretary
1942, Russian. Directed by Ivan Pyryev.
A story about a Secretary of the Communist Party District Committee who is leading partisans in their fight with the Nazis during WWII.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Ivan PyryevDirector
- Vasili VaninDistrict Secretary Stepan Gavrilovich Kochet
- Marina LadyninaNatasha
- Viktor KulakovLt. Herman Albrecht, alias Lt. Orlov
- Mikhail AstangovCol. Makenau
- Boris PoslavskySemyen Abramovich Rotman
- Mikhail KuznetsovSasha Rusov
- Mikhail ZharovGavril Fedorovich Rusov
- Ivan Ryzhovпартизан (нет в титрах)
- Yevgeni GrigoryevVasily Gluschenko (uncredited)
- Inna FyodorovaSecretary Kocheta (uncredited)
- Aleksandr AntonovAleksandr Potapenko (uncredited)
- Nikolai BogolyubovRed Army commander (uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 30 November 1942
- Original title
- Секретарь райкома
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Iosif Prut
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The District Secretary runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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The District Secretary isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 November 1942. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The District Secretary?
The District Secretary (1942) was directed by Ivan Pyryev and stars Vasili Vanin, Marina Ladynina, Viktor Kulakov.