They Fought for Their Motherland
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.
Cast
Vasiliy Shukshin
Piotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov
Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Ivan Lapikov
sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov
Nikolay Volkov
pvt. Nikiforov
Nonna Mordyukova
Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
surgeon
Crew
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director
Mikhail Sholokhov
Novel
Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer
Yelena Mikhaylova
Editor
Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer
Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design
Nadezhda Buzina
Costume Design
Vladimir Dostal
Assistant Director
Anatoli Chemodurov
Second Unit Director
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