They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
Oni srazhalis za rodinu
158 min
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.
- Release date
- May 12, 1975
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Music
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
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Cast
- Vasiliy Shukshin as Pyotr Lopakhin
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Nikolay Streltsov
- Sergey Bondarchuk as Ivan Zvyagintsev
- Georgiy Burkov as Aleksandr Kopytovskij
- Yuriy Nikulin as Pvt. Nekrasov
- Ivan Lapikov as Sgt. Poprischenko
- Nikolay Gubenko as Lt. Goloshchyokov
- Andrey Rostotskiy as Cpl. Kochetygov
- Nikolay Volkov as Pvt. Nikiforov
- Nikolay Shutko as Petro Lisichenko - Cook
- Evgeniy Samoylov as Colonel Marchenko
- Nonna Mordyukova as Natalya Stepanovna
- Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as surgeon
- Angelina Stepanova as old Cossack woman
- Irina Skobtseva as head nurse
- Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina as Glasha
- Daniil Ilchenko as Luka Mikhalych
- Aleksey Vanin as soldier Akim Borzykh
- Nikolay Gorlov
- Boris Nikiforov as captain Sumskov
- Vitaliy Leonov as soldier
- Mikhail Chigaryov as soldier
- Pyotr Merkurev as soldier
Crew
- Sergey Bondarchuk · Director
- Sergey Bondarchuk · Writer
- Mikhail Sholokhov · Writer
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov · Composer
- Vadim Yusov · Cinematographer
- Yelena Mikhaylova · Editor
- Feliks Yasyukevich · Production designer