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They Fought for Their Motherland

They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)

2h 38m | PG-13

⭐ 6.981 / 10

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

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Cast

Vasiliy Shukshin

Vasiliy Shukshin

as Piotr Lopakhin

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

Sergey Bondarchuk

Sergey Bondarchuk

as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

Yuriy Nikulin

Yuriy Nikulin

as pvt. Nekrasov

Georgi Burkov

Georgi Burkov

as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

Ivan Lapikov

Ivan Lapikov

as sergeant Poprischenko