Они сражались за Родину
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.
- Zhanri: War, History, Drama
- Studio: Mosfilm
- Fjalen: based on novel or book, world war ii, stalingrad, russian soldier, 1940s
- Cast: Василий Шукшин, Вячеслав Тихонов, Сергей Бондарчук, Юрий Никулин, Георгий Бурков, Иван Лапиков