- HD 1080
- Runtime: 158m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ru
- Country: Soviet Union
- Director: Sergey Bondarchuk
- Stars: Vasiliy Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Yuriy Nikulin, Georgi Burkov
- keywords: based on novel or book, world war ii, stalingrad, russian soldier, 1940s
- Production_studio: Mosfilm
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The They Fought for Their Motherland is featured in the top rankings of 1975
- #30 in Top Drama Movies of 1975
- #5 in Top War Movies of 1975
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.