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They Fought for Their Motherland
1975, Nov 05
2h 38m
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 by
Sergey Bondarchuk
Written by
Sergey Bondarchuk
Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Nonna Mordyukova
Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
surgeon
Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Irina Skobtseva
head nurse
Ivan Lapikov
sergeant Poprischenko
Vasiliy Shukshin
Piotr Lopakhin
Tatyana Bozhok
nurse
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Glasha
Angelina Stepanova
old Cossack woman
Natalya Gundareva
Glikeriya (voice)
Evgeniy Samoylov
Colonel Marchenko
Pyotr Merkuryev
soldier
Aleksey Vanin
soldier Akim Borzykh
Nikolay Volkov
pvt. Nikiforov
Andrei Rostotsky
corporal Kochetygov
Mikhail Chigaryov
soldier
Igor Efimov
Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)
Stanislav Borodokin
soldier
Andrei Popov
author's narration
Vitaliy Leonov
soldier
Aleksandr Konyashin
Ryadovoy
Danylo Ilchenko
Luka Mikhalych
Nikolay Gorlov
санитар
Boris Nikiforov
captain Sumskov
Mykola Shutko
cook lisichenko
Igor E. Kuznetsov
Khoshim Rakhimov
Vladimir Myshkin
Leonid Trutnev
soldier
Viktor Volkov
Nemets
Anatoli Pereverzev
Khmiz
Gennady Safronov
the chairman
Yermakhmad Aralev
Gennadi Nenashev
Lev Pavlov
Nikolay Petrenko
Kolya Yefremov
Malchik
Yunus Yusupov
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