They Fought for Their Motherland
(1975)

Released: 1975-11-05

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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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Vasiliy Shukshin

as Piotr Lopakhin

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Vyacheslav Tikhonov

as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

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Sergey Bondarchuk

as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

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Yuriy Nikulin

as pvt. Nekrasov

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Georgi Burkov

as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

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Ivan Lapikov

as sergeant Poprischenko

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Nikolai Gubenko

as lieutenant Goloschyokov

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Nikolay Volkov

as pvt. Nikiforov

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Mykola Shutko

as cook lisichenko

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Andrei Popov

as author's narration

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Evgeniy Samoylov

as Colonel Marchenko

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Irina Skobtseva

as head nurse

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Angelina Stepanova

as old Cossack woman

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Danylo Ilchenko

as Luka Mikhalych

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Aleksey Vanin

as soldier Akim Borzykh

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