They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
2h 38m
Running Time
November 5, 1975Release Date
They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
2h 38m
Running Time
November 5, 1975Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Vasiliy Shukshin
Piotr Lopakhin

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev / Director / Writer

Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov

Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

Ivan Lapikov
sergeant Poprischenko

Nikolai Gubenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov

Nikolay Volkov
pvt. Nikiforov

Nonna Mordyukova
Natalya Stepanovna

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
surgeon

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Glasha

Andrei Rostotsky
corporal Kochetygov

Tatyana Bozhok
nurse

Mykola Shutko
cook lisichenko

Andrei Popov
author's narration

Evgeniy Samoylov
Colonel Marchenko

Irina Skobtseva
head nurse

Yelena Mikhajlova
Editor

Angelina Stepanova
old Cossack woman

Danylo Ilchenko
Luka Mikhalych

Aleksey Vanin
soldier Akim Borzykh

Gennady Safronov
the chairman

Boris Nikiforov
captain Sumskov

Anatoli Pereverzev
Khmiz

Vitaliy Leonov
soldier

Mikhail Chigaryov
soldier

Stanislav Borodokin
soldier

Leonid Trutnev
soldier

Pyotr Merkuryev
soldier

Aleksandr Konyashin
Ryadovoy

Viktor Volkov
Nemets

Kolya Yefremov
Malchik

Igor Efimov
Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)

Natalya Gundareva
Glikeriya (voice)

Nikolay Gorlov
ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΠ°Ρ

Mikhail Sholokhov
Novel

Yelena Mikhaylova
Editor

Vladimir Dostal
Co-Director

Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer

Yuri Mikhajlov
Sound

Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design

Nadezhda Buzina
Costume Design

Igor Lazarenko
Production Manager

Lev Pavlov

Yermakhmad Aralev

Gennadi Nenashev

Vladimir Myshkin
Media.


Details.
Release DateNovember 5, 1975
Original NameΠΠ½ΠΈ ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π·Π° Π ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Ρ
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 38m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
world war ii
stalingrad
russian soldier
1940s
Wiki.
They Fought for Their Country (Russian: ΠΠ½ΠΈ ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π·Π° Π ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Ρ, romanized: Oni srazhalis' za Rodinu) is a 1975 Soviet war film in two parts, based on the eponymous novel written by Mikhail Sholokhov and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. The film is the story of a Soviet platoon fighting a rearguard action during the German drive on Stalingrad. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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