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They Fought for Their Motherland

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.

1975 |2h 31m |  War, History, Drama

Cast

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Vasiliy Shukshin

Piotr Lopakhin

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Vyacheslav Tikhonov

pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

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Yuriy Nikulin

pvt. Nekrasov

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Georgi Burkov

pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

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Ivan Lapikov

sergeant Poprischenko

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Nikolay Volkov

pvt. Nikiforov

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Nonna Mordyukova

Natalya Stepanovna

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Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

surgeon

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Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina

Glasha

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Andrei Rostotsky

corporal Kochetygov

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Tatyana Bozhok

nurse

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Mykola Shutko

cook lisichenko

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Andrei Popov

author's narration

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Evgeniy Samoylov

Colonel Marchenko

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Irina Skobtseva

head nurse

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Angelina Stepanova

old Cossack woman

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Danylo Ilchenko

Luka Mikhalych

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Aleksey Vanin

soldier Akim Borzykh

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Gennady Safronov

the chairman

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Boris Nikiforov

captain Sumskov

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Anatoli Pereverzev

Khmiz

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Vitaliy Leonov

soldier

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Mikhail Chigaryov

soldier

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Stanislav Borodokin

soldier

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Leonid Trutnev

soldier

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Pyotr Merkuryev

soldier

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Aleksandr Konyashin

Ryadovoy

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Igor E. Kuznetsov

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Vladimir Myshkin

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Khoshim Rakhimov

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Igor Efimov

Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)

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Natalya Gundareva

Glikeriya (voice)

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Nikolay Gorlov

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Status

Released

Language

Russian, Spanish

Budget

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