They Fought for Their Motherland poster

Movie · 1975

They Fought for Their Motherland

Released 5 November 1975 More from 1975 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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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How old were they?

Oldest first
Sergey Bondarchuk
as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
55
Yuriy Nikulin
as pvt. Nekrasov
53
Ivan Lapikov
as sergeant Poprischenko
53
Irina Skobtseva
as head nurse
48
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
47
Georgi Burkov
as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
42
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
13years between the oldest and youngest billed
55Sergey Bondarchuk — oldest on the call sheet
42Georgi Burkov — youngest billed
50average age of the credited cast
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