
They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
2h 38m | PG-13
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.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk
Studio: Mosfilm
Genre: War, History, Drama
Video: 720p
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