They Fought for Their Motherland
movie
Released November 05, 1975
Overview
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
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
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Nikolay Volkov
as
pvt. Nikiforov
Nonna Mordyukova
as
Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
as
surgeon
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
as
Glasha
Andrei Rostotsky
as
corporal Kochetygov
Crew
Sergey Bondarchuk
as
Director
Sergey Bondarchuk
as
Writer
Mikhail Sholokhov
as
Novel
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Yelena Mikhaylova
as
Editor
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Nadezhda Buzina
as
Costume Design
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
as
Original Music Composer
Feliks Yasyukevich
as
Production Design
Vadim Yusov
as
Director of Photography
Vladimir Dostal
as
Assistant Director
Anatoli Chemodurov
as
Second Unit Director
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Evgeniy Shvedov
as
Camera Operator
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G. Polyanok
as
Camera Operator