They Fought for Their Motherland

Name: They Fought for Their Motherland
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1975
Duration: 151 min
Cast: Vasiliy Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Georgi Burkov, Yuriy Nikulin

1975

2h 31min

Drama

History

War

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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.