They Fought for Their Country
1975 film by Sergei Bondarchuk
Film · TMDB
6.9In 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.
Released: 1975-11-05151 minDir: Sergey BondarchukWar, History, Drama
Cast
- Vasiliy Shukshin as Pyotr Lopakhin
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
- Sergey Bondarchuk as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
- Georgi Burkov as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
- Yuriy Nikulin as pvt. Nekrasov
- Ivan Lapikov as sergeant Poprischenko
Themes
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- stalingrad
- russian soldier
Gallery (5)
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Categories
1970s war drama films1975 films1975 Russian-language films1975 Soviet films1975 war filmsCulture articles needing translation from Russian WikipediaFilms about the Battle of StalingradFilms about the Eastern Front (World War II)Films based on Russian novelsFilms based on works by Mikhail SholokhovFilms directed by Sergei BondarchukFilms released in separate parts