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.
Cast
Vasiliy Shukshin
Pyotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
Georgi Burkov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
Yuriy Nikulin
pvt. Nekrasov
Ivan Lapikov
sergeant Poprischenko
Nikolai Gubenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov
Andrei Rostotsky
corporal Kochetygov
Nikolay Volkov
pvt. Nikiforov
Mykola Shutko
cook lisichenko
Evgeniy Samoylov
Colonel Marchenko
Nonna Mordyukova
Natalya Stepanovna
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
surgeon
Angelina Stepanova
old Cossack woman
Irina Skobtseva
head nurse
Tatyana Bozhok
nurse
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Glasha
Danylo Ilchenko
Luka Mikhalych
Aleksey Vanin
soldier Akim Borzykh
Nikolay Gorlov
Unknown
Gennady Safronov
the chairman
Boris Nikiforov
captain Sumskov
Vitaliy Leonov
soldier
Aleksandr Konyashin
soldier
Lev Pavlov
soldier
Leonid Trutnev
soldier
Mikhail Chigaryov
soldier
Anatoli Pereverzev
soldier
Pyotr Merkuryev
soldier
Stanislav Borodokin
soldier
V. Kranchev
soldier
Yunus Yusupov
soldier
A. Kolesnikov
soldier
Khoshim Rakhimov
soldier
V. Nabatov
soldier
Gennadi Nenashev
soldier
Vladimir Myshkin
soldier
Yermakhmad Aralev
soldier
V. Alekseev
soldier
Nikolay Petrenko
Unknown
Igor E. Kuznetsov
Unknown
Viktor Volkov
Unknown
E. Primak
Unknown
M. Kazmin
Unknown
Valentin Sukharev
Unknown
Kolya Yefremov
Unknown
Anvar Zaripov
(uncredited)
Yuri Kazavchinsky
(uncredited)
Yuriy Solovyov
(uncredited)
Igor Efimov
Pyotr Lopakhin (voice) (uncredited)
Natalya Gundareva
Glasha (voice) (uncredited)
Andrei Popov
narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director, Writer
Mikhail Sholokhov
Novel
Yelena Mikhaylova
Editor
T. Morgun
Assistant Editor
G. Timonina
Assistant Editor
Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Bozhena Maslennikova
Color Grading
Vladimir Dostal
First Assistant Director
S. Bushkova
Assistant Director
Viktor Prokhorov
Assistant Director
A. Nikolayev
Assistant Director
S. Kazantsev
Assistant Director
Igor Lazarenko
Executive Producer
Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design
Evgeniy Shvedov
Camera Operator
G. Polyanok
Camera Operator
Yuriy Nevskiy
Camera Operator, VFX Director of Photography
Vladimir Shmyga
Assistant Camera
V. Lupol
Assistant Camera
V. Politik
Assistant Camera
Nadezhda Buzina
Costume Design
Viktor Orlov
Pyrotechnic Supervisor
A. Ponomaryov
Pyrotechnician
K. Kuleshov
Pyrotechnician
V. Balzamov
Pyrotechnician
N. Neyaglov
Pyrotechnician
B. Yurin
Pyrotechnician
Mikhail Chikiryov
Makeup & Hair
Vsevolod Zhelmanov
Makeup & Hair
Lyubov Kulikova
Makeup Artist
Anatoli Chemodurov
Second Unit Director
Yuri Mikhailov
Sound Director
Ye. Terekhovskiy
Sound Assistant
A. Arshinovich
Sound Assistant
E. Paramanov
Lighting Artist
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer, Conductor
V. Kovalskiy
Still Photographer
M. Kazakov
Military Consultant
Semyon Kharlamov
Military Consultant
N. Petrenko
Military Consultant
V. Guryev
Scientific Consultant
N. Shmagin
Assistant Production Design
V. Sergeeva
Assistant Production Design
V. Buruk
Assistant Production Design
A. Kobrin
Title Graphics
Yuriy Sobolkov
Title Graphics
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