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They Fought for Their Motherland

71% | Nov 05, 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.

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Sergey Bondarchuk
Director
Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer

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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