They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)

11/05/1975 (SU) • 2h 38m

War, History, Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Vasiliy Shukshin

Piotr Lopakhin

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

Sergey Bondarchuk

pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

Yuriy Nikulin

pvt. Nekrasov

Georgi Burkov

pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

Ivan Lapikov

sergeant Poprischenko

Nikolai Gubenko

lieutenant Goloschyokov

Nikolay Volkov

pvt. Nikiforov

Nonna Mordyukova

Natalya Stepanovna


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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

world war ii

stalingrad

russian soldier

1940s

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