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.
They Fought for Their Motherland
November 5, 1975
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Cast (42)
Vasiliy Shukshin
Piotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov
Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Ivan Lapikov
sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov
Nikolay Volkov
pvt. Nikiforov
Nonna Mordyukova
Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
surgeon
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Glasha
Andrei Rostotsky
corporal Kochetygov
Tatyana Bozhok
nurse
Mykola Shutko
cook lisichenko
Andrei Popov
author's narration
Evgeniy Samoylov
Colonel Marchenko
Irina Skobtseva
head nurse
Angelina Stepanova
old Cossack woman
Danylo Ilchenko
Luka Mikhalych
Aleksey Vanin
soldier Akim Borzykh
Gennady Safronov
the chairman
Boris Nikiforov
captain Sumskov
Anatoli Pereverzev
Khmiz
Vitaliy Leonov
soldier
Mikhail Chigaryov
soldier
Stanislav Borodokin
soldier
Leonid Trutnev
soldier
Pyotr Merkuryev
soldier
Aleksandr Konyashin
Ryadovoy
Vladimir Myshkin
N/A
Gennadi Nenashev
N/A
Lev Pavlov
N/A
Nikolay Petrenko
N/A
Khoshim Rakhimov
N/A
Viktor Volkov
Nemets
Kolya Yefremov
Malchik
Yunus Yusupov
N/A
Igor Efimov
Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)
Natalya Gundareva
Glikeriya (voice)
Nikolay Gorlov
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Crew (49)
Directing
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director
Vladimir Dostal
Assistant Director
Viktor Prokhorov
Second Assistant Director
Anatoli Chemodurov
Second Unit Director
S. Bushkova
First Assistant Director
A. Nikolayev
Second Assistant Director
S. Kazantsev
Third Assistant Director
Writing
Mikhail Sholokhov
Novel
Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer
Production
Igor Lazarenko
Executive Producer
Sound
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Conductor
Yuri Mikhailov
Sound Director
Ye. Terekhovskiy
Sound Assistant
A. Arshinovich
Sound Assistant
Art
V. Sergeeva
Assistant Production Design
Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design
V. Buruk
Assistant Production Design
N. Shmagin
Assistant Production Design
Camera
Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Evgeniy Shvedov
Camera Operator
Yuriy Nevskiy
Camera Operator
G. Polyanok
Camera Operator
V. Politik
Assistant Camera
V. Lupol
Assistant Camera
V. Kovalskiy
Still Photographer
Vladimir Shmyga
Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up
Mikhail Chikiryov
Makeup & Hair
Vsevolod Zhelmanov
Makeup & Hair
Nadezhda Buzina
Costume Design
Lyubov Kulikova
Makeup Artist
Crew
A. Ponomaryov
Pyrotechnician
Semyon Kharlamov
Military Consultant
V. Balzamov
Pyrotechnician
B. Yurin
Pyrotechnician
V. Guryev
Scientific Consultant
M. Kazakov
Military Consultant
N. Petrenko
Military Consultant
K. Kuleshov
Pyrotechnician
N. Neyaglov
Pyrotechnician
Yuriy Sobolkov
Title Graphics
A. Kobrin
Title Graphics
Editing
Yelena Mikhaylova
Editor
G. Timonina
Assistant Editor
T. Morgun
Assistant Editor
Bozhena Maslennikova
Color Grading
Lighting
E. Paramanov
Lighting Director
Visual Effects
Viktor Orlov
Pyrotechnic Supervisor
Yuriy Nevskiy
VFX Director of Photography