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They Fought for Their Motherland

Cast

Vasiliy Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Yuriy Nikulin View All

Crew

Sergey Bondarchuk (Director), Sergey Bondarchuk (Writer), Vladimir Dostal (Director) View All

Release: Nov. 1st, 1975

Runtime: 2 hours, 38 minutes

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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Rockatansky
As someone not super well versed in Soviet cinema, I will concede that I didn't share the same appreciation for its stars that the original audience may have, but despite Bondarchuk and his War and Peace co-star Vyacheslav Tikhonov playing roles, the only character I found had much personality was t....

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Chypmunk
Whilst admittedly some of the characters may be a little larger than life they are all well enough played and the action scenes (of which there are enough) are generally decently staged.