They Fought for Their Motherland Cast and Crew

They Fought for Their Motherland

Plot: 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

Release Date: Wednesday, November 5 1975
49 years ago

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Cast

Vasiliy Shukshin. Vasiliy Shukshin would have been no older than 45 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Piotr Lopakhin'.

Birthday: Thu, Jul 25 1929 –
Died: Wed, Oct 02 1974

Vyacheslav Tikhonov. Vyacheslav Tikhonov was 47 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov'.

Birthday: Wed, Feb 08 1928 –
Died: Fri, Dec 04 2009

Sergey Bondarchuk. Sergey Bondarchuk was 55 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev'.

Birthday: Sat, Sep 25 1920 –
Died: Thu, Oct 20 1994

Yuriy Nikulin. Yuriy Nikulin was 53 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'pvt. Nekrasov'.

Birthday: Sun, Dec 18 1921 –
Died: Thu, Aug 21 1997

Georgi Burkov. Georgi Burkov was 42 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky'.

Birthday: Wed, May 31 1933 –
Died: Thu, Jul 19 1990

Ivan Lapikov. Ivan Lapikov was 53 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'sergeant Poprischenko'.

Birthday: Sat, Jul 08 1922 –
Died: Sun, May 02 1993

Nikolai Gubenko. Nikolai Gubenko was 34 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'lieutenant Goloschyokov'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 17 1941 –
Died: Sun, Aug 16 2020

Nikolay Volkov. Nikolay Volkov was 49 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'pvt. Nikiforov'.

Birthday: Thu, May 06 1926 –
Died: Thu, Dec 27 2012

Nonna Mordyukova. Nonna Mordyukova was 49 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Natalya Stepanovna'.

Birthday: Wed, Nov 25 1925 –
Died: Sun, Jul 06 2008

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy. Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy was 50 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'surgeon'.

Birthday: Sat, Mar 28 1925 –
Died: Wed, Aug 03 1994

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina. Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina was 37 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Glasha'.

Birthday: Sun, Sep 25 1938

Andrei Rostotsky. Andrei Rostotsky was 18 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'corporal Kochetygov'.

Birthday: Fri, Jan 25 1957 –
Died: Sun, May 05 2002

Tatyana Bozhok. Tatyana Bozhok was 18 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'nurse'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 21 1957

Mykola Shutko. Mykola Shutko was 47 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'cook lisichenko'.

Birthday: Mon, Dec 19 1927 –
Died: Mon, Jan 04 2010

Andrei Popov. Andrei Popov was 57 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'author's narration'.

Birthday: Fri, Apr 12 1918 –
Died: Fri, Jun 10 1983

Evgeniy Samoylov. Evgeniy Samoylov was 63 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Colonel Marchenko'.

Birthday: Mon, Apr 15 1912 –
Died: Fri, Feb 17 2006

Irina Skobtseva. Irina Skobtseva was 48 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'head nurse'.

Birthday: Mon, Aug 22 1927 –
Died: Tue, Oct 20 2020

Angelina Stepanova. Angelina Stepanova was 69 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'old Cossack woman'.

Birthday: Fri, Nov 10 1905 –
Died: Wed, May 17 2000

Danylo Ilchenko. Danylo Ilchenko was 80 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Luka Mikhalych'.

Birthday: Tue, Dec 25 1894 –
Died: Wed, Apr 13 1977

Aleksey Vanin. Aleksey Vanin was 50 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'soldier Akim Borzykh'.

Birthday: Fri, Jan 09 1925 –
Died: Tue, May 22 2012

Gennady Safronov. Gennady Safronov was >> in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'the chairman'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday –
Died: Thu, May 22 2008

Boris Nikiforov. Boris Nikiforov was 42 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'captain Sumskov'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 03 1933 –
Died: Wed, Apr 13 2011

Anatoli Pereverzev. Anatoli Pereverzev was 26 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Khmiz'.

Birthday: Mon, Oct 03 1949

Vitaliy Leonov. Vitaliy Leonov was 49 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'soldier'.

Birthday: Sat, Oct 02 1926 –
Died: Mon, Mar 29 1993

Mikhail Chigaryov. Mikhail Chigaryov was 30 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'soldier'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 01 1945 –
Died: Sun, Mar 26 2023

Stanislav Borodokin. Stanislav Borodokin was 31 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'soldier'.

Birthday: Mon, Oct 23 1944

Leonid Trutnev. Leonid Trutnev was 24 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'soldier'.

Birthday: Sat, Feb 17 1951 –
Died: Thu, Jun 22 1995

Pyotr Merkuryev. Pyotr Merkuryev was 32 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'soldier'.

Birthday: Thu, Jun 17 1943 –
Died: Mon, Sep 27 2010

Yermakhmad Aralev. Yermakhmad Aralev was >> in They Fought for Their Motherland

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Aleksandr Konyashin. Aleksandr Konyashin was 48 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Ryadovoy'.

Birthday: Mon, Sep 05 1927 –
Died: Sun, Jun 16 1996

Igor E. Kuznetsov. Igor E. Kuznetsov was 30 in They Fought for Their Motherland

Birthday: Mon, Jun 11 1945 –
Died: Thu, Dec 31 1998

Vladimir Myshkin. Vladimir Myshkin was 30 in They Fought for Their Motherland

Birthday: Sun, Mar 11 1945 –
Died: Mon, Jul 06 2009

Gennadi Nenashev. Gennadi Nenashev was >> in They Fought for Their Motherland

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Lev Pavlov. Lev Pavlov was >> in They Fought for Their Motherland

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Nikolay Petrenko. Nikolay Petrenko was >> in They Fought for Their Motherland

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Khoshim Rakhimov. Khoshim Rakhimov was 21 in They Fought for Their Motherland

Birthday: Sun, Sep 19 1954

Viktor Volkov. Viktor Volkov was 42 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Nemets'.

Birthday: Sat, Jul 29 1933 –
Died: Mon, May 16 1983

Kolya Yefremov. Kolya Yefremov was >> in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Malchik'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Yunus Yusupov. Yunus Yusupov was >> in They Fought for Their Motherland

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Igor Efimov. Igor Efimov was 43 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)'.

Birthday: Thu, Sep 01 1932 –
Died: Thu, Nov 16 2000

Natalya Gundareva. Natalya Gundareva was 27 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Glikeriya (voice)'.

Birthday: Sat, Aug 28 1948 –
Died: Sun, May 15 2005

Nikolay Gorlov. Nikolay Gorlov was 63 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'санитар'.

Birthday: Sat, Dec 16 1911 –
Died: Mon, Nov 06 1989

Crew

Sergey Bondarchuk. Sergey Bondarchuk was 55 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Director, Writer'

Birthday: Sat, Sep 25 1920 –
Died: Thu, Oct 20 1994

Vladimir Dostal. Vladimir Dostal was 33 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Co-Director'

Birthday: Wed, Apr 15 1942

Vadim Yusov. Vadim Yusov was 46 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Director of Photography'

Birthday: Sat, Apr 20 1929 –
Died: Fri, Aug 23 2013

Yelena Mikhaylova. Yelena Mikhaylova was >> in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Editor'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov. Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov was 39 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Original Music Composer'

Birthday: Fri, May 29 1936 –
Died: Mon, Feb 04 2019

Mikhail Sholokhov. Mikhail Sholokhov was 70 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Novel'

Birthday: Wed, May 24 1905 –
Died: Tue, Feb 21 1984

Nadezhda Buzina. Nadezhda Buzina was >> in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Costume Design'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Feliks Yasyukevich. Feliks Yasyukevich was 51 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Production Design'

Birthday: Fri, Dec 14 1923 –
Died: Mon, Feb 06 2012

Igor Lazarenko. Igor Lazarenko was >> in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Production Manager'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Yuri Mikhajlov. Yuri Mikhajlov was 44 in They Fought for Their Motherland as 'Sound'

Birthday: Mon, May 25 1931