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They Fought for Their Country (Russian: Они сражались за Родину, translit. Oni srazhalis' za Rodinu) is a 1975 Soviet war film based on the eponymous novel written by Mikhail Sholokhov and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. The film is the story of a Soviet platoon fighting a rearguard action during the German drive on Stalingrad. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Original Release
05/28/1975
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vasiliy Shukshin | Piotr Lopakhin / Pyotr Lopakhin |
Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Nikolay Streltsov / pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov |
Georgiy Burkov | Aleksandr Kopytovskij / pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky |
Yuriy Nikulin | Pvt. Nekrasov |
Ivan Lapikov | Sgt. Poprischenko / sergeant Poprischenko |
Nikolay Gubenko | Lt. Goloshchyokov |
Andrey Rostotskiy | corporal Kochetygov / Cpl. Kochetygov |
Nikolay Volkov | Pvt. Nikiforov |
Nikolay Shutko | Petro Lisichenko - Cook |
Evgeniy Samoylov | Marchenko / Colonel Marchenko |
Directors
Sergey Bondarchuk, Vladimir Dostal
Writers
Sergey Bondarchuk, Mikhail Sholokhov
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vasiliy Shukshin | Piotr Lopakhin / Pyotr Lopakhin |
Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Nikolay Streltsov / pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov |
Georgiy Burkov | Aleksandr Kopytovskij / pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky |
Yuriy Nikulin | Pvt. Nekrasov |
Ivan Lapikov | Sgt. Poprischenko / sergeant Poprischenko |
Nikolay Gubenko | Lt. Goloshchyokov |
Andrey Rostotskiy | corporal Kochetygov / Cpl. Kochetygov |
Nikolay Volkov | Pvt. Nikiforov |
Nikolay Shutko | Petro Lisichenko - Cook |
Evgeniy Samoylov | Marchenko / Colonel Marchenko |
Nonna Mordyukova | Natalya Stepanovna |
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy | Vrach-khirurg / surgeon |
Angelina Stepanova | Staraya kazachka / old Cossack woman |
Irina Skobtseva | Polkovoy Vrach / head nurse |
Tatyana Bozhok | nurse / Sanistruktor |
Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina | Glasha / Glikeriya |
Daniil Ilchenko | Luka Mikhalych |
Aleksey Vanin | Akim Borzykh / soldier Akim Borzykh |
Nikolay Gorlov | Sanitar / санитар |
Boris Nikiforov | Capt. Sumskov / captain Sumskov |