They Fought for Their Motherland

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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.

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Cast

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Vasiliy Shukshin actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov actor

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Sergey Bondarchuk actor Georgi Burkov actor

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Yuriy Nikulin actor Иван Лапиков actor Nikolai Gubenko actor Andrei Rostotsky actor

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Nikolay Volkov actor

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Mykola Shutko actor

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Evgeniy Samoylov actor

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Nonna Mordyukova actor

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Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy actor

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Angelina Stepanova actor Ирина Скобцева actor

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Tatyana Bozhok actor Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina actor

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Danylo Ilchenko actor

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Aleksey Vanin actor

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Nikolay Gorlov actor