Those Who Kept the Fire
1970, Russian. Directed by Yevgeni Karelov.
The movie takes place in the first years after the Bolshevik coup in Donbas. Bandits blow up the bridge that carries ore to the blast furnace, the director of the plant is seriously wounded. The workers unanimously elect Ivan Klyavin, a mining foreman, as acting director. In search of the missing train with bread Klyavin gets to Petrograd. Here the hero meets Lenin. Returning to the factory, Klyavin reads to the workers a letter from the leader of the party. Enemies kill Klyavin, but are no longer able to prevent the factory workers from successfully overcoming the devastation.
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- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 21 April 1970
- Original title
- Сохранившие огонь
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Dmitri Vasiliu
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Those Who Kept the Fire isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 April 1970. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Those Who Kept the Fire?
Those Who Kept the Fire (1970) was directed by Yevgeni Karelov and stars Yevgeny Matveyev, Lyubov Sokolova, Oleg Yankovsky.