They Fought for Their Country
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]
| 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 |
| Music by | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov |
| Cinematography | Vadim Yusov |
Release date |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
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
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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