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They Fought for Their Motherland

71 %|Nov 5, 1975|War, History, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Sergey Bondarchuk
Director
Mikhail Sholokhov
Novel
Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer
Yelena Mikhaylova
Editor
Vladimir Dostal
Co-Director
Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer
Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design

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Cast

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Vasiliy Shukshin
Piotr Lopakhin
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Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
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Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
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Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov
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Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
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Ivan Lapikov
sergeant Poprischenko
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Nikolai Gubenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov
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Nikolay Volkov
pvt. Nikiforov
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Nonna Mordyukova
Natalya Stepanovna
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Andrei Rostotsky
corporal Kochetygov
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Mykola Shutko
cook lisichenko
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Andrei Popov
author's narration
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Evgeniy Samoylov
Colonel Marchenko
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Irina Skobtseva
head nurse
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Angelina Stepanova
old Cossack woman
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Danylo Ilchenko
Luka Mikhalych
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Aleksey Vanin
soldier Akim Borzykh
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Gennady Safronov
the chairman
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Boris Nikiforov
captain Sumskov
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Igor Efimov
Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)
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Natalya Gundareva
Glikeriya (voice)
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Nikolay Gorlov
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