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