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They Fought for Their Motherland

They Fought for Their Motherland1975

★7.0151 minWarHistoryDrama

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

Sergei Bondarchuk

Writer

Sergei Bondarchuk

Score

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Stars

Vasiliy Shukshin Vyacheslav Tikhonov Sergei Bondarchuk

Cast52

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
N
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
Tatyana Bozhok
as nurse
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
as Glasha
Danylo Ilchenko
as Luka Mikhalych
Aleksey Vanin
as soldier Akim Borzykh
Nikolay Gorlov
Gennady Safronov
as the chairman
Boris Nikiforov
as captain Sumskov
Vitaliy Leonov
as soldier
Aleksandr Konyashin
as soldier
L
Lev Pavlov
as soldier
Leonid Trutnev
as soldier
Mikhail Chigaryov
as soldier
Anatoli Pereverzev
as soldier
Pyotr Merkuryev
as soldier
Stanislav Borodokin
as soldier
V
V. Kranchev
as soldier
Yunus Yusupov
as soldier
A
A. Kolesnikov
as soldier
Khoshim Rakhimov
as soldier
V
V. Nabatov
as soldier
G
Gennadi Nenashev
as soldier
Vladimir Myshkin
as soldier
Y
Yermakhmad Aralev
as soldier
V
V. Alekseev
as soldier
N
Nikolay Petrenko
Igor E. Kuznetsov
V
Viktor Volkov
E
E. Primak
M
M. Kazmin
V
Valentin Sukharev
K
Kolya Yefremov
A
Anvar Zaripov
as (uncredited)
Y
Yuri Kazavchinsky
as (uncredited)
Yuriy Solovyov
as (uncredited)
Igor Efimov
as Pyotr Lopakhin (voice) (uncredited)
Natalya Gundareva
as Glasha (voice) (uncredited)
Andrei Popov
as narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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