They Fought for Their Motherland
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.
Cast
Vasiliy Shukshin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Sergei Bondarchuk
Georgi Burkov
Yuriy Nikulin
Ivan Lapikov
Nikolai Gubenko
Andrei Rostotsky
Nikolay Volkov
Mykola Shutko
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