Story
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.
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Cast
Vasiliy Shukshin as Pyotr LopakhinVyacheslav Tikhonov as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsovSergei Bondarchuk as pvt. Ivan ZvyagintsevGeorgi Burkov as pvt. Alexander KopytovskyYuriy Nikulin as pvt. NekrasovIvan Lapikov as sergeant PoprischenkoNikolai Gubenko as lieutenant GoloschyokovAndrei Rostotsky as corporal KochetygovNikolai Volkov as pvt. NikiforovMykola Shutko as cook lisichenko
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