Overview - They Fought for Their Motherland
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Spoken Languages
- Pусский
Production companies
Name: Mosfilm
Production country Soviet Union
Overview
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
Name: Vasiliy Shukshin
Character: Piotr Lopakhin
Popularity: 0.3551
Name: Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Character: pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Popularity: 0.5615
Name: Sergey Bondarchuk
Character: pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Popularity: 0.7233
Name: Yuriy Nikulin
Character: pvt. Nekrasov
Popularity: 0.616
Name: Georgi Burkov
Character: pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Popularity: 0.3962
Name: Ivan Lapikov
Character: sergeant Poprischenko
Popularity: 0.3045
Name: Nikolai Gubenko
Character: lieutenant Goloschyokov
Popularity: 0.1104
Name: Nikolay Volkov
Character: pvt. Nikiforov
Popularity: 0.1508