They Fought for Their Country
"Oni srazhalis za rodinu" redirects here. For 1942 book by Mikhail Sholokhov on which this film is based, see Oni srazhalis za Rodinu.
| They Fought for Their Country | |
|---|---|
 Original poster by Konstantin Antonov, 1975 | |
| Directed by | Sergei Bondarchuk |
| Written by |
Sergei Bondarchuk Mikhail Sholokhov |
| Starring | Vasily Shukshin |
| Music by | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov |
| Cinematography | Vadim Yusov |
Release dates |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
They Fought for Their Country (Russian: Они сражались за Родину, translit. Oni srazhalis' za Rodinu) is a 1975 Soviet war film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.[1] 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.[2]
Cast
- Vasily Shukshin as Piotr Lopakhin
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Nikolay Strel'tsov
- Sergei Bondarchuk as Ivan Zvyagintsev
- Georgi Burkov as Alexandr Kopytovskij
- Yuri Nikulin as Nekrasov
- Ivan Lapikov as Poprischenko
- Nikolai Gubenko as Lieutenant
- Andrei Rostotsky
- Nikolai Volkov
- Nikolai Shutko as Lisichenko
- Yevgeni Samojlov
- Nonna Mordyukova as Natalya Stepanovna
- Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Glasha
- Innokenti Smoktunovsky as Doctor
See also
- List of submissions to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: They Fought for Their Country". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
- ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
External links
- They Fought for Their Country at the Internet Movie Database
- They Fought for Their Country in English or with subs online.
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