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