Overview - They Fought for Their Motherland

Date of release

Genres

  • War
  • History
  • Drama

Runtime: 158 minutes

Homepage: They Fought for Their Motherland

Budget

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Revenue

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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: 0.7433

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  • Name: Vyacheslav Tikhonov

    Character: pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

    Popularity: 0.6544

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  • Name: Sergey Bondarchuk

    Character: pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

    Popularity: 0.6867

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  • Name: Yuriy Nikulin

    Character: pvt. Nekrasov

    Popularity: 0.9635

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  • Name: Georgi Burkov

    Character: pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

    Popularity: 0.4843

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  • Name: Ivan Lapikov

    Character: sergeant Poprischenko

    Popularity: 0.346

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  • Name: Nikolai Gubenko

    Character: lieutenant Goloschyokov

    Popularity: 0.4719

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  • Name: Nikolay Volkov

    Character: pvt. Nikiforov

    Popularity: 0.5519