They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
November 5, 1975
War, History, Drama
2h 38m
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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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Sergey Bondarchuk
- Piotr Lopakhin Vasiliy Shukshin
- pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov Vyacheslav Tikhonov
- pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev Sergey Bondarchuk
- pvt. Nekrasov Yuriy Nikulin
- pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky Georgi Burkov
- sergeant Poprischenko Ivan Lapikov
- lieutenant Goloschyokov Nikolai Gubenko
- pvt. Nikiforov Nikolay Volkov
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Keywords
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- stalingrad
- russian soldier
- 1940s