They Fought for Their Motherland

Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk
May 12, 1975    2h 31mWar, Drama,
7.786%6.9
July 1942. Soviet forces are retreating in the face of a massive German onslaught towards Stalingrad. An infantry platoon is tasked with holding a vital hill in order to give their comrades time to cross the Don River and regroup.

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  • Vasiliy ShukshinPyotr Lopakhin
  • Vyacheslav Tikhonovpvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
  • Sergey Bondarchukpvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev / Director / Writer
  • Georgi Burkovpvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
  • Yuriy Nikulinpvt. Nekrasov
  • Ivan Lapikovsergeant Poprischenko
  • Nikolai Gubenkolieutenant Goloschyokov
  • Andrei Rostotskycorporal Kochetygov
  • Nikolay Volkovpvt. Nikiforov
  • Mykola Shutkocook lisichenko
  • Evgeniy SamoylovColonel Marchenko
  • Nonna MordyukovaNatalya Stepanovna
  • Innokentiy Smoktunovskiysurgeon
  • Angelina Stepanovaold Cossack woman
  • Irina Skobtsevahead nurse
  • Tatyana Bozhoknurse
  • Lidiya Fedoseyeva-ShukshinaGlasha
  • Danylo IlchenkoLuka Mikhalych
  • Aleksey Vaninsoldier Akim Borzykh
  • Nikolay Gorlov

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