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.
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| Writing | Nikolai Ostrovsky | Novel |
| Directing | Mark Donskoy | Director |
| Writing | Mark Donskoy | Screenplay |
| Camera | Boris Monastyrsky | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Rafail Perelstein | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Lev Shvarts | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Mikhail Solokha | Production Design |
| Sound | Oleksandr Babiy | Sound Director |
| Directing | Evgeniy Zilbershtein | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimir Yakovlev | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Mykhailo Chorny | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | N. Gorbenko | Editor |
| Directing | Leonid Man | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Shamuradova | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Mikhail Levin | Executive Producer |