They Fought for Their Motherland
They Fought for Their Motherland
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They Fought for Their Motherland

1975
151 min
6.9
69.0%
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In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.

DIRECTED BY

Sergey Bondarchuk

STARRING

Vasiliy Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Georgi Burkov, Yuriy Nikulin

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Cast

Vasiliy Shukshin

Vasiliy Shukshin

Pyotr Lopakhin

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

Sergey Bondarchuk

Sergey Bondarchuk

pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

Georgi Burkov

Georgi Burkov

pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

Yuriy Nikulin

Yuriy Nikulin

pvt. Nekrasov

Ivan Lapikov

Ivan Lapikov

sergeant Poprischenko

Nikolai Gubenko

Nikolai Gubenko

lieutenant Goloschyokov

Andrei Rostotsky

Andrei Rostotsky

corporal Kochetygov

Nikolay Volkov

pvt. Nikiforov

Mykola Shutko

Mykola Shutko

cook lisichenko

Evgeniy Samoylov

Evgeniy Samoylov

Colonel Marchenko

Nonna Mordyukova

Nonna Mordyukova

Natalya Stepanovna