They Fought for Their Motherland
Они сражались за Родину
Release: 1975-11-05
·Runtime: 158m
·★ 6.9
War
History
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Cast
Khoshim Rakhimov
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
as Glasha
Andrei Rostotsky
as corporal Kochetygov
Aleksey Vanin
as soldier Akim Borzykh
Mikhail Chigaryov
as soldier
Natalya Gundareva
as Glikeriya (voice)
Anatoli Pereverzev
as Khmiz
Leonid Trutnev
as soldier
Nikolay Gorlov
as санитар
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Georgi Burkov
as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Ivan Lapikov
as sergeant Poprischenko
Vladimir Myshkin
Igor Efimov
as Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)
Nonna Mordyukova
as Natalya Stepanovna
Angelina Stepanova
as old Cossack woman
Danylo Ilchenko
as Luka Mikhalych
Gennady Safronov
as the chairman
Boris Nikiforov
as captain Sumskov
Igor E. Kuznetsov
Yunus Yusupov
Vasiliy Shukshin
as Piotr Lopakhin
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
as surgeon
Mykola Shutko
as cook lisichenko
Andrei Popov
as author's narration
Evgeniy Samoylov
as Colonel Marchenko
Irina Skobtseva
as head nurse
Vitaliy Leonov
as soldier
Stanislav Borodokin
as soldier
Aleksandr Konyashin
as Ryadovoy
Viktor Volkov
as Nemets
Yuriy Nikulin
as pvt. Nekrasov
Nikolai Gubenko
as lieutenant Goloschyokov
Tatyana Bozhok
as nurse
Pyotr Merkuryev
as soldier
Crew
Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design
Yuriy Nevskiy
Camera Operator, VFX Director of Photography
Mikhail Sholokhov
Novel
Anatoli Chemodurov
Second Unit Director
Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director, Writer
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Vladimir Dostal
Assistant Director