They Fought for Their Motherland
1975·Movie
·2h 38min·
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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.
World War IIRussian FrontInfantry CombatPatriotismComradeshipBleak RealismEpic ScaleHistorical DramaExistentialism
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Directed by:
Sergey Bondarchuk, Anatoli Chemodurov, Vladimir Dostal
Written by:
Mikhail Sholokhov, Sergey Bondarchuk
Produced by:
Igor Lazarenko, Igor Lazarenko
Composed by:
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Yuri Mikhailov
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