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    They Fought for Their Motherland

    151'

    1975-11-05

    6.9

    War,History,Drama

    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.

    DirectingSergei BondarchukWritingMikhail Sholokhov

    Cast

    1

    Pyotr Lopakhin

    Vasiliy Shukshin

    2

    pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

    Vyacheslav Tikhonov

    2

    pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

    Sergei Bondarchuk

    1

    pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

    Georgi Burkov

    1

    pvt. Nekrasov

    Yuriy Nikulin

    1

    sergeant Poprischenko

    Ivan Lapikov

    1

    lieutenant Goloschyokov

    Nikolai Gubenko

    1

    corporal Kochetygov

    Andrei Rostotsky

    1

    pvt. Nikiforov

    Nikolai Volkov

    1

    cook lisichenko

    Mykola Shutko

    1

    Colonel Marchenko

    Evgeniy Samoylov

    1

    Natalya Stepanovna

    Nonna Mordyukova

    1

    surgeon

    Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

    1

    old Cossack woman

    Angelina Stepanova

    1

    head nurse

    Irina Skobtseva

    1

    nurse

    Tatyana Bozhok

    1

    Glasha

    Lidiya...

    1

    Luka Mikhalych

    Danylo Ilchenko

    1

    soldier Akim Borzykh

    Aleksey Vanin

    1

    Nikolay Gorlov

    1

    the chairman

    Gennady Safronov

    1

    captain Sumskov

    Boris Nikiforov

    1

    soldier

    Vitaliy Leonov

    1

    soldier

    Aleksandr Konyashin

    1

    soldier

    Lev Pavlov

    1

    soldier

    Leonid Trutnev

    1

    soldier

    Mikhail Chigaryov

    1

    soldier

    Anatoli Pereverzev

    1

    soldier

    Pyotr Merkuryev

    1

    soldier

    Stanislav Borodokin

    1

    soldier

    V. Kranchev

    1

    soldier

    Yunus Yusupov

    1

    soldier

    A. Kolesnikov

    1

    soldier

    Khoshim Rakhimov

    1

    soldier

    V. Nabatov

    1

    soldier

    Gennadi Nenashev

    1

    soldier

    Vladimir Myshkin

    1

    soldier

    Yermakhmad Aralev

    1

    soldier

    V. Alekseev

    1

    Nikolay Petrenko

    1

    Igor Kuznetsov

    1

    Viktor Volkov

    1

    E. Primak

    1

    M. Kazmin

    1

    Valentin Sukharev

    1

    Kolya Yefremov

    1

    (uncredited)

    Anvar Zaripov

    1

    (uncredited)

    Yuri Kazavchinsky

    1

    (uncredited)

    Yuriy Solovyov

    1

    Pyotr Lopakhin (voice) (uncredited)

    Igor Efimov

    1

    Glasha (voice) (uncredited)

    Natalya Gundareva

    1

    narrator (voice) (uncredited)

    Andrei Popov

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Soviet Union
    • List of languages:
      1. Russian
    • List of companies:
      1. Mosfilm
    • Vote Count: 69
    • Popularity: 1.1402
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Они сражались за Родину

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