They Fought for Their Motherland

Name: They Fought for Their Motherland
Genre: War, History, Drama
Released: 1975-11-05
Duration: 151 min
Rating: 6.963
Cast: Vasiliy Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Georgi Burkov, Yuriy Nikulin

movie19752h 31m★ 7.0Released

War History Drama

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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