THEY FOUGHT FOR THEIR MOTHERLAND (2DVD) / ОНИ СРАЖАЛИСЬ ЗА РОДИНУ (2DVD)
Based on the novel by M.A. Sholokhov.
July 1942. The army is retreating. A group of exhausted soldiers, all that’s left of their regiment, are defending a plot of land. At times they feel like there is no war. Wide tank tracks on the road, and all around are drooping, wilted grasses, dimly glistening salt marshes and a bluish flickering haze over distant mounds…
In that absurd clash between the warmly breathing earth and the inhuman war machine lies a powerful Biblical generalization, the metaphor of confrontation of eternal life and dark, evil forces.
Awards:
Prize of the Union of the Anti-Fascist Fighters of Czechoslovakia at the 20th IFF in Karlovy Vary, 1976
Award for Best Director to S. Bondarchuk and Award for Best Performance of 27 male roles of soldiers at the 14th IFF in Panama, 1976
The Vassiliev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR to director S. Bondarchuk and cinematographer V. Yusov, 1977
Leninist Komsomol Prize to composer V. Ovchinnikov, 1977
Specials:
Interview with professor A. Ushakov
Filmographies
Photo album
Film title: THEY FOUGHT FOR THEIR MOTHERLAND
DVD manufacturer: RUSCICO
Collection War
Film studio: Mosfilm
Production year: in 1975
Ganre: war drama
Director: S. Bondarchuk, V. Dostal
Cast: V. Leonov, M. Chigarev, V. Shukshin, S. Bondarchuk, G. Burkov,
N. Gubenko, V. Tikhonov, N. Mordyukova, Yu. Nikulin, A. Pereverzev,
A. Rostotsky, Ye. Samoilov, I. Lapikov, T. Bozhok, L. Fedoseyeva-Shukshina,
I. Skobtseva, I. Smoktunovsky, A. Stepanova, N. Volkov Jr., A. Vanin
Running time: 137 min
Sound: MONO: Russian
Dolby Digital 5.1: Russian, English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed)
Subtitle: Russian, English, French, Spanish, Italian, German
System:PAL
Format: 4:3
Color-Mode: Colored
Zone: ALL
