About the film
During the first Five-Year Plan, a huge steel works is rising in the Ural steppe. The workers hear that a team in Kharkiv has set a world record for pouring concrete, and they decide to beat it.
In one long day, engineers, workers, a young journalist looking for a hero and many others are drawn into the race against time.
Fast, inventive and full of energy, the film is also famous for Georgy Sviridov's music.
Did you know?
- Georgy Sviridov's theme from the film became the signature tune of Soviet TV's main evening news, Vremya.
- It is based on a 1932 novel by Valentin Kataev.
