简介：DocumentaryaboutthebuildingofblastfurnacesbythecommunistyouthworkersorganisationKomsomol,constructedaspartofthefirstfiveyearplanofStalin'sSovietUnion.ThefilmissetMagnitogorskinthedeUral,whereanindustrialcityofover200.000peoplewasbuiltinjustafewyears,andintheKubasbasininSiberia.Thefilmisatributetotheachievementsofthevolunteers,theKomsomol,butdoesnotshowthedarksideofhistory:thethousandsofimprisonedKulachdoinghardlabourunderterribleconditions.InfluencedbytheRussianfilmmakerVsevolodPudovkin,Ivenstellsthestorybyfollowingonenon-fictioncharacter,anon-actor,whore-enactedthescenes.thisformof'personalisedstory',whichwewouldcalldocudrama,reappearsafterthisfirstattemptinKomsomolinmanyIvensfilms.…