Nikolai Ostrovsky
Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky( 29 September 1904 – 22 December 1936) was a Soviet socialist realist writer, of Ukrainian origin.
He is best known for his novel" How the Steel Was Tempered".
Mei Yi (translator)
Mei Yi( 2 January 1913- 13 September 2003) was a Chinese translator, journalist and politician.
In 1938 he translated the English version of" How the Steel Was Tempered", which was the earliest Chinese version.
Henry Moore (cricketer)
Henry Walter Moore( 1849 – 20 August 1916) was an English- born first- class cricketer who spent most of his life in New Zealand.
S. Narayan
S. Narayan( born 5 June 1962) is an Indian Kannada movie maker.
He is called" Kalasamrat S. Narayan" for his works.
He has been successful in most of his works in his career, is committed timely to his work and also is very humanistic in his life- style.
After Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Narayan is the second director to direct the complete crew of Dr. Rajkumar family — Dr. Rajkumar and his 3 sons.
He has given many hits with Dr. Vishnuvardhan and also worked with many actors of Sandalwood.
He has directed Tamil movie" Jai".
Pavel Korchagin (film)
Pavel Korchagin is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov, based on the novel" How the Steel Was Tempered".
Želimir Žilnik
Želimir Žilnik( born 8 September 1942) is a Serbian film director best known as one of the major figures of the Yugoslav Black Wave film movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
He is noted for his socially engaging style of filmmaking and criticism of censorship that was commonplace during the Yugoslav communist era.
After the fall of communism and the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, he became an outspoken critic of Slobodan Milošević's regime in Serbia.
The Way Steel Was Tempered
The Way Steel Was Tempered is a 1988 Yugoslav film directed by Serbian director Želimir Žilnik.
It was nominated for a Golden St. George award at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival and has been screened at festivals worldwide such as the Toronto International Film Festival.
It was also shown at the Pyongyang Film Festival which frequently showed movies from non-aligned countries.
How the Steel Was Tempered (film)
How the Steel Was Tempered is a 1942 Soviet drama film directed by Mark Donskoy.
Detour (2013 film)
Detour is a 2013 film directed by William Dickerson.
Appayya (2013 film)
Appayya is a 2013 Kannada romance film written, directed and co-produced by S. Narayan.
He has also scored the music for the film.
It is produced under Bhagyavathi Combines.
Srinagar Kitty and Bhama are in the lead roles.
All songs have been arranged and programmed by Dharma Vish who has also composed the background music.
After much delay in finding the release date, the film finally made its premier across Karnataka on 13 September 2013.
It was remade in Bangladeshi in 2016 as" Angaar" starring with Om and Jolly, thereby becoming the second Kannada film to be remade in Bangladeshi after" Appu".

Question: Which film has the director born first, Appayya (2013 Film) or The Way Steel Was Tempered?
Answer: The Way Steel Was Tempered