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