They Fought for Their Country
1975· 151 min· Soviet Union
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July 1942. Soviet forces are retreating in the face of a massive German onslaught towards Stalingrad. An infantry platoon is tasked with holding a vital hill in order to give their comrades time to cross the Don River and regroup.
- Director
- Sergey Bondarchuk
- Writer
- Sergey Bondarchuk, Mikhail Sholokhov
- Released
- 12 May 1975
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Cast
VS
Vasiliy Shukshin
VT
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Sergey Bondarchuk
IL
Ivan Lapikov
NG
Nikolai Gubenko
AR
Andrei Rostotsky
NM
Nonna Mordyukova
YN
Yuri Nikulin
VS
Vasily Shukshin
IS
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
NG
Natalya Gundareva
GB
Georgi Burkov
SB
Sergei Bondarchuk
Irina Skobtseva