A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.

They Fought for Their Country

1975

Russian

7.7

♡ 7

86%

1940s

Action

based on novel or book

Sergey Bondarchuk Director

Pyotr Merkurev as (as P. Merkuryev)

Natalya Gundareva as Glikeriya

Yuriy Nikulin as Nekrasov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Nikolay Streltsov

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.

Stalingrad

1993

German

7.5

♡ 46

world war ii eastern front

Joseph Vilsmaier Director

Dominique Horwitz as Fritz Reiser

Martin Benrath as General Hentz

Thomas Kretschmann as Hans von Witzland

Oliver Broumis as HGM

A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.

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They Fought for Their Country

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