They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
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.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk
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Vasiliy Shukshin as Pyotr Lopakhin |
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Vyacheslav Tikhonov as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov |
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Sergey Bondarchuk as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev |
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Georgi Burkov as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky |
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Yuriy Nikulin as pvt. Nekrasov |
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Ivan Lapikov as sergeant Poprischenko |
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Nikolai Gubenko as lieutenant Goloschyokov |
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Andrei Rostotsky as corporal Kochetygov |
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Nikolay Volkov as pvt. Nikiforov |
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Mykola Shutko as cook lisichenko |
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Evgeniy Samoylov as Colonel Marchenko |
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Nonna Mordyukova as Natalya Stepanovna |
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Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as surgeon |
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Angelina Stepanova as old Cossack woman |
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Irina Skobtseva as head nurse |
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Tatyana Bozhok as nurse |
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Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Glasha |
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Danylo Ilchenko as Luka Mikhalych |
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Aleksey Vanin as soldier Akim Borzykh |
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Nikolay Gorlov as |
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Gennady Safronov as the chairman |
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Boris Nikiforov as captain Sumskov |
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Vitaliy Leonov as soldier |
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Aleksandr Konyashin as soldier |
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Lev Pavlov as soldier |
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Leonid Trutnev as soldier |
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Mikhail Chigaryov as soldier |
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Anatoli Pereverzev as soldier |
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Pyotr Merkuryev as soldier |
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Stanislav Borodokin as soldier |
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V. Kranchev as soldier |
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Yunus Yusupov as soldier |
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A. Kolesnikov as soldier |
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Khoshim Rakhimov as soldier |
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V. Nabatov as soldier |
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Gennadi Nenashev as soldier |
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Vladimir Myshkin as soldier |
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Yermakhmad Aralev as soldier |
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V. Alekseev as soldier |
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Nikolay Petrenko as |
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Igor E. Kuznetsov as |
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Viktor Volkov as |
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E. Primak as |
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M. Kazmin as |
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Valentin Sukharev as |
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Kolya Yefremov as |
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Anvar Zaripov as (uncredited) |
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Yuri Kazavchinsky as (uncredited) |
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Yuriy Solovyov as (uncredited) |
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Igor Efimov as Pyotr Lopakhin (voice) (uncredited) |
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Natalya Gundareva as Glasha (voice) (uncredited) |
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Andrei Popov as narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Sergey Bondarchuk | Director |
| Writing | Sergey Bondarchuk | Writer |
| Writing | Mikhail Sholokhov | Novel |
| Editing | Yelena Mikhaylova | Editor |
| Camera | Vadim Yusov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Feliks Yasyukevich | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadezhda Buzina | Costume Design |
| Directing | Anatoli Chemodurov | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Evgeniy Shvedov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | G. Polyanok | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Yuriy Nevskiy | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Yuriy Nevskiy | VFX Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mikhail Chikirev | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vsevolod Zhelmanov | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyubov Kulikova | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Viktor Orlov | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Crew | A. Ponomaryov | Pyrotechnician |
| Crew | K. Kuleshov | Pyrotechnician |
| Crew | V. Balzamov | Pyrotechnician |
| Crew | N. Neyaglov | Pyrotechnician |
| Crew | B. Yurin | Pyrotechnician |
| Sound | Ye. Terekhovskiy | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | A. Arshinovich | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | T. Morgun | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | G. Timonina | Assistant Editor |
| Art | N. Shmagin | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | V. Sergeeva | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | V. Buruk | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Vladimir Shmyga | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | V. Lupol | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | V. Politik | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | V. Kovalskiy | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Bozhena Maslennikova | Color Grading |
| Crew | A. Kobrin | Title Graphics |
| Crew | Yuriy Sobolkov | Title Graphics |
| Crew | M. Kazakov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | Semyon Kharlamov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | N. Petrenko | Military Consultant |
| Crew | V. Guryev | Scientific Consultant |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov | Conductor |
| Production | Igor Lazarenko | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Yuri Mikhailov | Sound Director |
| Directing | Vladimir Dostal | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | S. Bushkova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Viktor Prokhorov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Nikolayev | Assistant Director |
| Directing | S. Kazantsev | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | E. Paramanov | Lighting Artist |
