They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
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.
They Fought for Their MotherlandWar, History, Drama
Cast
- Vasiliy Shukshin — Pyotr Lopakhin
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov — pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
- Sergei Bondarchuk — pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
- Georgi Burkov — pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
- Yuriy Nikulin — pvt. Nekrasov
- Ivan Lapikov — sergeant Poprischenko
- Nikolai Gubenko — lieutenant Goloschyokov
- Andrei Rostotsky — corporal Kochetygov
- Nikolai Volkov — pvt. Nikiforov
- Mykola Shutko — cook lisichenko
- Evgeniy Samoylov — Colonel Marchenko
- Nonna Mordyukova — Natalya Stepanovna
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