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Film / 1975
They Fought for Their Motherland
Directed by
Sergei Bondarchuk
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Vasiliy ShukshinPyotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonovpvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergei Bondarchukpvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Georgi Burkovpvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Yuriy Nikulinpvt. Nekrasov
Ivan Lapikovsergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenkolieutenant Goloschyokov
Andrei Rostotskycorporal Kochetygov
Nikolay Volkovpvt. Nikiforov
Mykola Shutkocook lisichenko
Evgeniy SamoylovColonel Marchenko
Nonna MordyukovaNatalya Stepanovna
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Innokentiy Smoktunovskiysurgeon
Angelina Stepanovaold Cossack woman
Irina Skobtsevahead nurse
Tatyana Bozhoknurse
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-ShukshinaGlasha
Danylo IlchenkoLuka Mikhalych
Aleksey Vaninsoldier Akim Borzykh
Nikolay Gorlov
Gennady Safronovthe chairman
Boris Nikiforovcaptain Sumskov
Vitaliy Leonovsoldier
Aleksandr Konyashinsoldier
Lev Pavlovsoldier
Leonid Trutnevsoldier
Mikhail Chigaryovsoldier
Anatoli Pereverzevsoldier
Pyotr Merkuryevsoldier
Stanislav Borodokinsoldier
V. Kranchevsoldier
Yunus Yusupovsoldier
A. Kolesnikovsoldier
Khoshim Rakhimovsoldier
V. Nabatovsoldier
Gennadi Nenashevsoldier
Vladimir Myshkinsoldier
Yermakhmad Aralevsoldier
V. Alekseevsoldier
Nikolay Petrenko
Igor E. Kuznetsov
Viktor Volkov
E. Primak
M. Kazmin
Valentin Sukharev
Kolya Yefremov
Anvar Zaripov(uncredited)
Yuri Kazavchinsky(uncredited)
Yuriy Solovyov(uncredited)
Igor EfimovPyotr Lopakhin (voice) (uncredited)
Natalya GundarevaGlasha (voice) (uncredited)
Andrei Popovnarrator (voice) (uncredited)
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