They Fought for Their Motherland
Release Date: 1975-11-05
Rating : 6.9/10
Duration : 158 minutes
Genres : War, History, Drama
Director : Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer : Sergey Bondarchuk
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
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Sergey Bondarchuk
Yuriy Nikulin
Georgi Burkov
Ivan Lapikov