Movie·1975·2h 31m
They Fought for Their Motherland
Country
Soviet Union
Language
Russian
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The Story
Original title: Они сражались за Родину
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.
Producer
Igor Lazarenko
Cinematography
Vadim Yusov
Music
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Editor
Yelena Mikhaylova
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Vasiliy Shukshin
Pyotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov
Ivan Lapikov
sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov
Andrei Rostotsky
corporal Kochetygov
Nikolay Volkov
pvt. Nikiforov
Mykola Shutko
cook lisichenko
Evgeniy Samoylov
Colonel Marchenko
Nonna Mordyukova
Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
surgeon
Angelina Stepanova
old Cossack woman
Irina Skobtseva
head nurse
Tatyana Bozhok
nurse
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Glasha
Danylo Ilchenko
Luka Mikhalych
// crew
Crew
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director, Writer
Yelena Mikhaylova
Editor
Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer
Igor Lazarenko
Executive Producer
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