Country
Russia
Date
Nov 05, 1975
2h 31min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Andrei Rostotsky | corporal Kochetygov |
| Nikolay Volkov | pvt. Nikiforov |
| Mykola Shutko | cook lisichenko |
| Evgeniy Samoylov | Colonel Marchenko |
| Nonna Mordyukova | Natalya Stepanovna |
| Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy | surgeon |
| Angelina Stepanova | old Cossack woman |
| Irina Skobtseva | head nurse |
| Tatyana Bozhok | nurse |
| Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina | Glasha |
| Danylo Ilchenko | Luka Mikhalych |
| Aleksey Vanin | soldier Akim Borzykh |
| Nikolay Gorlov | |
| Gennady Safronov | the chairman |
| Boris Nikiforov | captain Sumskov |
| Vitaliy Leonov | soldier |
| Aleksandr Konyashin | soldier |
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| Lev Pavlov | soldier |
| Leonid Trutnev | soldier |
| Mikhail Chigaryov | soldier |
| Anatoli Pereverzev | soldier |
| Pyotr Merkuryev | soldier |
| Stanislav Borodokin | soldier |
| V. Kranchev | soldier |
| Yunus Yusupov | soldier |
| A. Kolesnikov | soldier |
| Khoshim Rakhimov | soldier |
| V. Nabatov | soldier |
| Gennadi Nenashev | soldier |
| Vladimir Myshkin | soldier |
| Yermakhmad Aralev | soldier |
| V. Alekseev | soldier |
| Nikolay Petrenko | |
| Igor E. Kuznetsov | |
| Viktor Volkov | |
| E. Primak | |
| M. Kazmin | |
| Valentin Sukharev | |
| Kolya Yefremov | |
| Anvar Zaripov | (uncredited) |
| Yuri Kazavchinsky | (uncredited) |
| Yuriy Solovyov | (uncredited) |
| Igor Efimov | Pyotr Lopakhin (voice) (uncredited) |
| Natalya Gundareva | Glasha (voice) (uncredited) |
| Andrei Popov | narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
Genres
WarHistoryDrama
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Они сражались за Родину |
| Lingua originale | Pусский (RU) |
| Lingue parlate | Pусский |
| Paesi di produzione | Soviet Union |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Mosfilm |
| Data di uscita | 5 novembre 1975 |
| Exec. Producer | Igor Lazarenko |
| Writer | Mikhail Sholokhov, Sergey Bondarchuk |
| Editors | Yelena Mikhaylova, T. Morgun, G. Timonina, Bozhena Maslennikova |
| Cinematography | Vadim Yusov, Evgeniy Shvedov, G. Polyanok, Yuriy Nevskiy, Vladimir Shmyga, V. Lupol, V. Politik, V. Kovalskiy |
| Asst. Directors | Vladimir Dostal, S. Bushkova, Viktor Prokhorov, A. Nikolayev, S. Kazantsev, Sergey Bondarchuk, Anatoli Chemodurov |
| Lighting | E. Paramanov |
| Camera Operators | Evgeniy Shvedov, G. Polyanok, Yuriy Nevskiy, Vadim Yusov, Vladimir Shmyga, V. Lupol, V. Politik, V. Kovalskiy |
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| Add. Photography | Vadim Yusov, Evgeniy Shvedov, G. Polyanok, Yuriy Nevskiy, Vladimir Shmyga, V. Lupol, V. Politik, V. Kovalskiy |
| Production Design | Feliks Yasyukevich, N. Shmagin, V. Sergeeva, V. Buruk |
| Art Direction | Feliks Yasyukevich, N. Shmagin, V. Sergeeva, V. Buruk |
| Set Decoration | Feliks Yasyukevich, N. Shmagin, V. Sergeeva, V. Buruk |
| Visual Effects | Yuriy Nevskiy, Viktor Orlov |
| Composer | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Ye. Terekhovskiy, A. Arshinovich, Yuri Mikhailov |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Ye. Terekhovskiy, A. Arshinovich, Yuri Mikhailov |
| Costume Design | Nadezhda Buzina, Mikhail Chikiryov, Vsevolod Zhelmanov, Lyubov Kulikova |
| Makeup | Lyubov Kulikova, Nadezhda Buzina, Mikhail Chikiryov, Vsevolod Zhelmanov |
| Hairstyling | Nadezhda Buzina, Mikhail Chikiryov, Vsevolod Zhelmanov, Lyubov Kulikova |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Country
Hungary
Date
Nov 06, 1975
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