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