They Fought for Their Country
| They Fought for Their Country | |
|---|---|
 Original poster by Konstantin Antonov 1975 | |
| Directed by | Sergei Bondarchuk |
| Written by | Sergei Bondarchuk Mikhail Sholokhov |
| Starring | Vasily Shukshin Vyacheslav Tikhonov Sergei Bondarchuk Georgi Burkov Yuri Nikulin Ivan Lapikov |
| Cinematography | Vadim Yusov |
| Music by | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov |
Release date |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
They Fought for Their Country (Russian: Они сражались за Родину, romanized: 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.[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 private Nikolay Strel'tsov
- Sergei Bondarchuk as private Ivan Zvyagintsev
- Georgi Burkov as private Alexandr Kopytovskij
- Yuri Nikulin as private Nekrasov
- Ivan Lapikov as starshina Poprischenko
- Nikolai Gubenko as Lieutenant Goloshchekov
- Andrei Rostotsky as gefreiter Kochetygov
- Nikolai Volkov as private Nikiforov
- Nikolai Shutko as cook Lisichenko
- Yevgeni Samojlov as Colonel Marchenko
- 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 29 April 2009.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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- 1975 films
- 1975 drama films
- 1970s war drama films
- Soviet war drama films
- Russian war drama films
- Eastern Front of World War II films
- Films about the Battle of Stalingrad
- Films directed by Sergei Bondarchuk
- Films set in 1942
- Films set in Russia
- Films set in the Soviet Union
- Films shot in Russia
- 1970s Russian-language films
- Russian World War II films
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