They Fought for Their Motherland(Они сражались за Родину)
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Soviet Union · 1975
2h 17m
Director Sergey Bondarchuk, Vladimir Dostal
Starring Vasiliy Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Yuriy Nikulin
Genre War, History
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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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