They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
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.
- Released
- 1975-11-05
- Genres
- War, History, Drama
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 69 votes
Cast
- Vasiliy Shukshin as Pyotr Lopakhin
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
- Sergei Bondarchuk as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
- Georgi Burkov as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
- Yuriy Nikulin as pvt. Nekrasov
- Ivan Lapikov as sergeant Poprischenko
- Nikolai Gubenko as lieutenant Goloschyokov
- Andrei Rostotsky as corporal Kochetygov
- Nikolai Volkov as pvt. Nikiforov
- Mykola Shutko as cook lisichenko
- Evgeniy Samoylov as Colonel Marchenko
- Nonna Mordyukova as Natalya Stepanovna
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