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They Were Actors

9.019811h 28mMovieWarDramaAdventure

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…

DirectorGeorgi Natanson
WritersViktor Orlov·Georgi Natanson

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Cast · Directed by Georgi Natanson

ZKZinaida Kirienko
Zinaida Kirienko
Aleksandra Peregonets
ILIgor Ledogorov
Igor Ledogorov
Ryabinin
AFAleksandr Fatyushin
Aleksandr Fatyushin
Baryshev
ZPZhanna Prokhorenko
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Ozerova
VDVladimir Druzhnikov
Vladimir Druzhnikov
Dobkevich
NSNikolai Volkov St.
Nikolai Volkov St.
Dvin-Dvinsky
YS
Yelizaveta Sergeyeva
Yakovleva
LSLyudmila Stoyanova
Lyudmila Stoyanova
Fyodorova
ALAristarkh Livanov
Aristarkh Livanov
Dobrosmyslov
VZVladimir Zaytsev
Vladimir Zaytsev
Savvateyev
YT
Yevgeni Tarasov
Old Actor
AAAleksei Alekseyev
Aleksei Alekseyev
President of the Military Tribunal

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They Were Actors hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around January 30, 1982. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.

Is They Were Actors based on a true story?

Yes — They Were Actors is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).