They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)

И если любовь к Родине хранится у нас в сердцах и будет храниться до тех пор, пока эти сердца бьются, то ненависть к врагам всегда мы носим на кончиках штыков.

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.

Director

Sergei Bondarchuk

Writers

Sergei Bondarchuk

Themes1940sbased on novel or bookrussian soldierstalingradworld war ii