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They Fought for Their Motherland

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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.

Directed bySergei Bondarchuk

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 31m
Language
RU
Released
November 5, 1975
Studios
Mosfilm

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

pvt. Nikiforov

Mykola Shutko

Mykola Shutko

cook lisichenko

Creative team
Directed by
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk
Written by
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk

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