They Fought for Their Motherland
1975 · 158 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 3,384 VOTES · DIR. Sergey Bondarchuk
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,230 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:20 For all those who survived
00:08:29 What the hell did she want? Did she think about the kids?
00:14:53 She's the best medicine there is...
00:18:46 Go beg the Germans for salt!
00:22:39 Why the hell is that convoy rolling in the daytime?
00:39:20 For the Motherland!
00:45:50 Even his wife left him because he was too serious.
00:49:55 You shouldn't swear so much.
00:53:41 We're leaving right now, soldier.
01:01:33 You alive?
01:05:41 most of us are Communists, and the lieutenant's okay.
01:09:02 It's simple.
01:27:20 Our life is worth just a heap of hardware!
01:31:53 Only they're riddled with shrapnel.
01:38:03 Is that what they call a path?
01:41:49 I've run into some strange ones, but you take the cake.
01:49:07 To part with whom?
01:57:51 pull them
02:05:13 It's too early to stop for the night.
02:08:41 Only not too ugly, I mean a woman
02:13:08 Pipe down, you jerk!
02:17:19 You guys keep quiet. I'll be back soon.
02:21:19 With anything at all!
02:25:46 You need every man.
Cast & Characters
Vasiliy Shukshin
Pyotr Lopakhin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Nikolay Streltsov
Sergey Bondarchuk
Ivan Zvyagintsev
Georgiy Burkov
Aleksandr Kopytovskij
Yuriy Nikulin
Pvt. Nekrasov
Ivan Lapikov
Sgt. Poprischenko
Nikolay Gubenko
Lt. Goloshchyokov
Andrey Rostotskiy
Cpl. Kochetygov
Nikolay Volkov
Pvt. Nikiforov
Nikolay Shutko
Petro Lisichenko - Cook
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,230
Dialogue density7.8 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line02:25:46
Production Record
DirectorSergey Bondarchuk
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes3,384