They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)

Name: They Fought for Their Motherland
Genre: War, History, Drama
Released: 1975-11-05
Duration: 151 min
Cast: Vasiliy Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Georgi Burkov, Yuriy Nikulin

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.

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Released 1975-11-05 · 151 min · War, History, Drama

Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk

Cast

Vasiliy Shukshin as Pyotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergei Bondarchuk as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Georgi Burkov as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Yuriy Nikulin as pvt. Nekrasov
Ivan Lapikov as sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko as lieutenant Goloschyokov
Andrei Rostotsky as corporal Kochetygov
Nikolay Volkov as pvt. Nikiforov
Mykola Shutko as cook lisichenko
Evgeniy Samoylov as Colonel Marchenko
Nonna Mordyukova as Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as surgeon
Angelina Stepanova as old Cossack woman
Irina Skobtseva as head nurse