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They Fought for Their Motherland

  • November 1975
  • 2hrs

    38mins

  • War
  • History
  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Sergey Bondarchuk,

    Starring

    Vasiliy Shukshin,

    Vyacheslav Tikhonov,

    Yuriy Nikulin,

    Georgi Burkov

    ...

    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.