They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)

7.0 November 5, 1975 2h 31m Released
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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.

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Cast

  • Vasiliy Shukshin

    Vasiliy Shukshin

    Pyotr Lopakhin

  • Vyacheslav Tikhonov

    Vyacheslav Tikhonov

    pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

  • Sergei Bondarchuk

    Sergei 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

    Nikolay Volkov

    pvt. Nikiforov

  • Mykola Shutko

    Mykola Shutko

    cook lisichenko

  • Evgeniy Samoylov

    Evgeniy Samoylov

    Colonel Marchenko

  • Nonna Mordyukova

    Nonna Mordyukova

    Natalya Stepanovna

  • Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

    Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

    surgeon

  • Angelina Stepanova

    Angelina Stepanova

    old Cossack woman

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