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    They Fought for Their Motherland

    They Fought for Their Motherland

    1975

    2:38:35

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    They Fought for Their Motherland

    Genre

    War
    History
    Drama

    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.

    Director

    Sergey Bondarchuk

    Writers

    Sergey Bondarchuk, Mikhail Sholokhov,

    Stars

    Vasiliy Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Yuriy Nikulin, Georgi Burkov,