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