| It Happened in the Donbas | |
| Director: | Leonid Lukov |
| Music: | Nikita Bogoslovsky |
| Cinematography: | Aleksandr Gintsburg |
| Distributor: | Soyuzdetfilm |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
It Happened in the Donbas (Russian: Это было в Донбассе|Eto bylo v Donbasse) is a 1945 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Lukov based on a screenplay by Sergei Antonov and Mikhail Blajman.[1] Produced by Soyuzdetfilm.
The film is about the Soviet youth who fearlessly fight in the years of the Great Patriotic War against the Nazi invaders in the German-occupied Donbas and continue the work of their fathers, who in their time defended the Soviet Union.