They Fought for Their Motherland
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.
Cast
Vasiliy Shukshin
as Pyotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Georgi Burkov
as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Yuriy Nikulin
as pvt. Nekrasov
Ivan Lapikov
as sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko
as lieutenant Goloschyokov
Andrei Rostotsky
as corporal Kochetygov
Nikolay Volkov
as pvt. Nikiforov
Mykola Shutko
as cook lisichenko
