They Fought for Their Motherland
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.
Vasiliy Shukshin
Piotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov
Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Ivan Lapikov
sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov
Nikolay Volkov
pvt. Nikiforov
Nonna Mordyukova
Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
surgeon
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Glasha
Andrei Rostotsky
corporal Kochetygov
Tatyana Bozhok
nurse
Mykola Shutko
cook lisichenko
Andrei Popov
author's narration
Evgeniy Samoylov
Colonel Marchenko
Irina Skobtseva
head nurse
Angelina Stepanova
old Cossack woman
Danylo Ilchenko
Luka Mikhalych
Aleksey Vanin
soldier Akim Borzykh
Gennady Safronov
the chairman
Boris Nikiforov
captain Sumskov
Anatoli Pereverzev
Khmiz
Vitaliy Leonov
soldier
Mikhail Chigaryov
soldier
Stanislav Borodokin
soldier
Leonid Trutnev
soldier
Pyotr Merkuryev
soldier
Yermakhmad Aralev
Aleksandr Konyashin
Ryadovoy
Igor E. Kuznetsov
Vladimir Myshkin
Gennadi Nenashev
Lev Pavlov
Nikolay Petrenko
Khoshim Rakhimov
Viktor Volkov
Nemets
Kolya Yefremov
Malchik
Yunus Yusupov
Igor Efimov
Pyotr Lopakhin (voice)
Natalya Gundareva
Glikeriya (voice)
Nikolay Gorlov
санитар
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director
Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer
Mikhail Sholokhov
Novel
Yelena Mikhaylova
Editor
Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer
Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design
Nadezhda Buzina
Costume Design
Vladimir Dostal
Assistant Director
Anatoli Chemodurov
Second Unit Director
Evgeniy Shvedov
Camera Operator
G. Polyanok
Camera Operator
Yuriy Nevskiy
Camera Operator
Yuriy Nevskiy
VFX Director of Photography
Mikhail Chikiryov
Makeup & Hair
Vsevolod Zhelmanov
Makeup & Hair
Lyubov Kulikova
Makeup Artist
Viktor Orlov
Pyrotechnic Supervisor
A. Ponomaryov
Pyrotechnician
K. Kuleshov
Pyrotechnician
V. Balzamov
Pyrotechnician
N. Neyaglov
Pyrotechnician
B. Yurin
Pyrotechnician
Ye. Terekhovskiy
Sound Assistant
A. Arshinovich
Sound Assistant
T. Morgun
Assistant Editor
G. Timonina
Assistant Editor
N. Shmagin
Assistant Production Design
V. Sergeeva
Assistant Production Design
V. Buruk
Assistant Production Design
Vladimir Shmyga
Assistant Camera
V. Lupol
Assistant Camera
V. Politik
Assistant Camera
S. Bushkova
First Assistant Director
A. Nikolayev
Second Assistant Director
Viktor Prokhorov
Second Assistant Director
S. Kazantsev
Third Assistant Director
V. Kovalskiy
Still Photographer
E. Paramanov
Lighting Director
Bozhena Maslennikova
Color Grading
A. Kobrin
Title Graphics
Yuriy Sobolkov
Title Graphics
M. Kazakov
Military Consultant
Semyon Kharlamov
Military Consultant
N. Petrenko
Military Consultant
V. Guryev
Scientific Consultant
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Conductor
Igor Lazarenko
Executive Producer
Yuri Mikhailov
Sound Director