They Fought for Their Motherland

They Fought for Their Motherland

1975 ru 158 minutes

Rating: 7.1

Plot

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.

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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

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

surgeon

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina

Glasha

Andrei Rostotsky

Andrei Rostotsky

corporal Kochetygov

Tatyana Bozhok

Tatyana Bozhok

nurse

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

Anatoli Pereverzev

Anatoli Pereverzev

Khmiz

Vitaliy Leonov

Vitaliy Leonov

soldier

Mikhail Chigaryov

Mikhail Chigaryov

soldier

Stanislav Borodokin

Stanislav Borodokin

soldier

Leonid Trutnev

Leonid Trutnev

soldier

Pyotr Merkuryev

Pyotr Merkuryev

soldier

Yermakhmad Aralev

Yermakhmad Aralev

Aleksandr Konyashin

Aleksandr Konyashin

Ryadovoy

Igor E. Kuznetsov

Igor E. Kuznetsov

Vladimir Myshkin

Vladimir Myshkin

Gennadi Nenashev

Gennadi Nenashev

Lev Pavlov

Lev Pavlov

Nikolay Petrenko

Nikolay Petrenko

Khoshim Rakhimov

Khoshim Rakhimov

Viktor Volkov

Viktor Volkov

Nemets

Kolya Yefremov

Kolya Yefremov

Malchik

Yunus Yusupov

Yunus Yusupov

Igor Efimov

Igor Efimov

Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)

Natalya Gundareva

Natalya Gundareva

Glikeriya (voice)

Nikolay Gorlov

Nikolay Gorlov

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