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They Fought for Their Motherland

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Calorie Rating: 192
Released: 1975-11-05
Running Time: 137 Minutes
Studios: Mosfilm,


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 / Directors

Vladimir Dostal
Assistant Director
Anatoli Chemodurov
Second Unit Director

S. Bushkova
First Assistant Director
A. Nikolayev
Second Assistant Director
Viktor Prokhorov
Second Assistant Director

S. Kazantsev
Third Assistant Director


Cast

Vasiliy Shukshin
Character: Piotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Character: pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
Character: pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

Yuriy Nikulin
Character: pvt. Nekrasov
Georgi Burkov
Character: pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Ivan Lapikov
Character: sergeant Poprischenko

Nikolai Gubenko
Character: lieutenant Goloschyokov
Nikolay Volkov
Character: pvt. Nikiforov
Nonna Mordyukova
Character: Natalya Stepanovna

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Character: surgeon
Andrei Rostotsky
Character: corporal Kochetygov

Tatyana Bozhok
Character: nurse
Mykola Shutko
Character: cook lisichenko
Andrei Popov
Character: author's narration

Evgeniy Samoylov
Character: Colonel Marchenko
Irina Skobtseva
Character: head nurse
Angelina Stepanova
Character: old Cossack woman

Danylo Ilchenko
Character: Luka Mikhalych
Aleksey Vanin
Character: soldier Akim Borzykh
Gennady Safronov
Character: the chairman

Boris Nikiforov
Character: captain Sumskov
Anatoli Pereverzev
Character: Khmiz
Vitaliy Leonov
Character: soldier

Mikhail Chigaryov
Character: soldier
Stanislav Borodokin
Character: soldier
Leonid Trutnev
Character: soldier

Pyotr Merkuryev
Character: soldier
Aleksandr Konyashin
Character: Ryadovoy



Viktor Volkov
Character: Nemets
Kolya Yefremov
Character: Malchik

Igor Efimov
Character: Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)
Natalya Gundareva
Character: Glikeriya (voice)
Nikolay Gorlov
Character: санитар


Production and Crew


Nadezhda Buzina
Costume Design
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer
Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design

Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Evgeniy Shvedov
Camera Operator
G. Polyanok
Camera Operator

Yuriy Nevskiy
Camera Operator
Yuriy Nevskiy
VFX Director of Photography
Mikhail Chikiryov
Makeup & Hair

Vsevolod Zhelmanov
Makeup & Hair
Lyubov Kulikova
Makeup Artist
Viktor Orlov
Pyrotechnic Supervisor

A. Ponomaryov
Pyrotechnician
K. Kuleshov
Pyrotechnician
V. Balzamov
Pyrotechnician

N. Neyaglov
Pyrotechnician
B. Yurin
Pyrotechnician
Ye. Terekhovskiy
Sound Assistant

A. Arshinovich
Sound Assistant
T. Morgun
Assistant Editor
G. Timonina
Assistant Editor

N. Shmagin
Assistant Production Design
V. Sergeeva
Assistant Production Design
V. Buruk
Assistant Production Design

Vladimir Shmyga
Assistant Camera
V. Lupol
Assistant Camera
V. Politik
Assistant Camera

V. Kovalskiy
Still Photographer
E. Paramanov
Lighting Director

A. Kobrin
Title Graphics
Yuriy Sobolkov
Title Graphics
M. Kazakov
Military Consultant

Semyon Kharlamov
Military Consultant
N. Petrenko
Military Consultant
V. Guryev
Scientific Consultant

Igor Lazarenko
Executive Producer
Yuri Mikhailov
Sound Director