They Fought for Their Motherland

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Sergey Bondarchuk

Featured Cast

Vasiliy Shukshin

Piotr Lopakhin

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

Sergey Bondarchuk

pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

Yuriy Nikulin

pvt. Nekrasov

Georgi Burkov

pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

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