They Fought for Their Motherland

1975
7.7| 2h38m| en| Drama, History
Storyline

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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  • They Fought for Their Motherland Cast
Vasiliy Shukshin as Piotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Yuriy Nikulin as pvt. Nekrasov
Georgi Burkov as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Ivan Lapikov as sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko as lieutenant Goloschyokov
Nikolay Volkov as pvt. Nikiforov
Nonna Mordyukova as Natalya Stepanovna