They Fought for Their Motherland

They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)

Released: 1975-11-05 Duration: 2hr 38min
Genres: War History Drama
Rating 7.1

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Mosfilm
Mosfilm

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language ru
Popularity 4.307

Directed By

Sergey Bondarchuk

Crew

Co-Director
Vladimir Dostal
Costume Design
Nadezhda Buzina
Original Music Composer
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Production Manager
Igor Lazarenko
Production Design
Feliks Yasyukevich
Director of Photography
Vadim Yusov

TOP CAST

Vasiliy Shukshin
Vasiliy Shukshin

Piotr Lopakhin

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Vyacheslav Tikhonov

pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

Sergey Bondarchuk
Sergey Bondarchuk

pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

Yuriy Nikulin
Yuriy Nikulin

pvt. Nekrasov

Georgi Burkov
Georgi Burkov

pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

Ivan Lapikov
Ivan Lapikov

sergeant Poprischenko

Nikolai Gubenko
Nikolai Gubenko

lieutenant Goloschyokov

Nikolay Volkov
Nikolay Volkov

pvt. Nikiforov

Nonna Mordyukova
Nonna Mordyukova

Natalya Stepanovna

Andrei Rostotsky
Andrei Rostotsky

corporal Kochetygov

Mykola Shutko
Mykola Shutko

cook lisichenko

Andrei Popov
Andrei Popov

author's narration

Evgeniy Samoylov
Evgeniy Samoylov

Colonel Marchenko

Irina Skobtseva
Irina Skobtseva

head nurse

Angelina Stepanova
Angelina Stepanova

old Cossack woman

Danylo Ilchenko
Danylo Ilchenko

Luka Mikhalych

Aleksey Vanin
Aleksey Vanin

soldier Akim Borzykh

Gennady Safronov
Gennady Safronov

the chairman

Boris Nikiforov
Boris Nikiforov

captain Sumskov

Igor Efimov
Igor Efimov

Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)

Natalya Gundareva
Natalya Gundareva

Glikeriya (voice)

Nikolay Gorlov
Nikolay Gorlov

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