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