
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.
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Vasiliy Shukshin
Pyotr Lopakhin

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov

Ivan Lapikov
sergeant Poprischenko

Nikolai Gubenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov

Andrei Rostotsky
corporal Kochetygov

Mykola Shutko
cook lisichenko

Evgeniy Samoylov
Colonel Marchenko

Nonna Mordyukova
Natalya Stepanovna

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
surgeon
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