They Fought for Their Country

★7.7 1975 2h 38m Drama, War

July 1942. Soviet forces are retreating in the face of a massive German onslaught towards Stalingrad. An infantry platoon is tasked with holding a vital hill in order to give their comrades time to cross the Don River and regroup.

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Actors

Vasiliy Shukshin Vasiliy Shukshin Pyotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov Vyacheslav Tikhonov pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Bondarchuk pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Georgi Burkov Georgi Burkov pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Yuriy Nikulin Yuriy Nikulin pvt. Nekrasov
Ivan Lapikov Ivan Lapikov sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko Nikolai Gubenko lieutenant Goloschyokov
Andrei Rostotsky Andrei Rostotsky corporal Kochetygov
NV Nikolay Volkov pvt. Nikiforov
Mykola Shutko Mykola Shutko cook lisichenko
Evgeniy Samoylov Evgeniy Samoylov Colonel Marchenko
Nonna Mordyukova Nonna Mordyukova Natalya Stepanovna