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They Fought for Their Motherland

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They Fought for Their Motherland

6.9

2h 38m

1975

Synopsis

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.

Director

Sergey Bondarchuk

WarHistoryDrama

based on novel or bookworld war iistalingradrussian soldier1940s

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Cast & Crew

Vasiliy Shukshin

Vasiliy Shukshin

as Piotr Lopakhin

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

Sergey Bondarchuk

Sergey Bondarchuk

as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

Yuriy Nikulin

Yuriy Nikulin

as pvt. Nekrasov

Georgi Burkov

Georgi Burkov

as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

Ivan Lapikov

Ivan Lapikov

as sergeant Poprischenko

Nikolai Gubenko

Nikolai Gubenko

as lieutenant Goloschyokov

Nikolay Volkov

as pvt. Nikiforov

Nonna Mordyukova

Nonna Mordyukova

as Natalya Stepanovna

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