They Fought for Their Country

Year: 1975

Actors: Vasiliy Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Yuriy Nikulin, Georgi Burkov, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Gubenko...

Duration: 158 min

July 1942. Soviet forces are retreating in the face of a massive German onslaught towards Stalingrad. An infantry platoon is tasked with holding a vital hill in order to give their comrades time to cross the Don River and regroup.

Genre: Action   Drama   War