
They Fought for Their Motherland
68.86% | November 5, 1975 | War, History, Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director
Mikhail Sholokhov
Novel
Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer
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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
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