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.