They Fought for Their Motherland
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.
Top Billed Cast
Vasiliy Shukshin
Piotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov
Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Featured Crew
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director
Mikhail Sholokhov
Novel
Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer
Yelena Mikhaylova
Editor
Vladimir Dostal
Co-Director
Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer
Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design
Nadezhda Buzina
Costume Design
Igor Lazarenko
Production Manager
Yuri Mikhajlov
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