Они сражались за Родину

6.848

158 minutes

11/5/1975

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.

Cast List

Vasiliy Shukshin
as Piotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Yuriy Nikulin
as pvt. Nekrasov
Georgi Burkov
as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Ivan Lapikov
as sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko
as lieutenant Goloschyokov
Nikolay Volkov
as pvt. Nikiforov
Nonna Mordyukova
as Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
as surgeon
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
as Glasha
Andrei Rostotsky
as corporal Kochetygov
Tatyana Bozhok
as nurse
Mykola Shutko
as cook lisichenko
Andrei Popov
as author's narration
Evgeniy Samoylov
as Colonel Marchenko
Irina Skobtseva
as head nurse
Angelina Stepanova
as old Cossack woman
Danylo Ilchenko
as Luka Mikhalych
Aleksey Vanin
as soldier Akim Borzykh
Gennady Safronov
as the chairman
Boris Nikiforov
as captain Sumskov
Anatoli Pereverzev
as Khmiz
Vitaliy Leonov
as soldier
Mikhail Chigaryov
as soldier
Stanislav Borodokin
as soldier
Leonid Trutnev
as soldier
Pyotr Merkuryev
as soldier
Yermakhmad Aralev
Aleksandr Konyashin
as Ryadovoy
Igor E. Kuznetsov
Vladimir Myshkin
Gennadi Nenashev
Lev Pavlov
Nikolay Petrenko
Khoshim Rakhimov
Viktor Volkov
as Nemets
Kolya Yefremov
as Malchik
Yunus Yusupov
Igor Efimov
as Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)
Natalya Gundareva
as Glikeriya (voice)
Nikolay Gorlov
as санитар