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They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)

They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)

Drama History War
Release Date: 1975, November 5
Directors: Sergey Bondarchuk
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Mosfilm
Cast: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Pyotr Merkuryev, Ivan Lapikov, Yuriy Nikulin, Nikolay Volkov, Vasiliy Shukshin, Irina Skobtseva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Nonna Mordyukova, Andrei Rostotsky, Natalya Gundareva

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book world war ii 1940s stalingrad russian soldier