The read
It runs long at 2h 31m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
67 audience votes
Key crew
- Sergei BondarchukDirector
- Sergei BondarchukWriter
- Vyacheslav OvchinnikovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Vasiliy ShukshinPyotr Lopakhin
- Vyacheslav Tikhonovpvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
- Sergei Bondarchukpvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
- Georgi Burkovpvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
- Yuriy Nikulinpvt. Nekrasov
- Ivan Lapikovsergeant Poprischenko
- Nikolai Gubenkolieutenant Goloschyokov
- Andrei Rostotskycorporal Kochetygov
- Nikolay Volkovpvt. Nikiforov
- Mykola Shutkocook lisichenko
- Evgeniy SamoylovColonel Marchenko
- Nonna MordyukovaNatalya Stepanovna