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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> Sergey Bondarchuk (Director)
> Vadim Yusov (Director of Photography)
> Vladimir Dostal (Assistant Director)
> Anatoli Chemodurov (Second Unit Director)
> Yuriy Nevskiy (VFX Director of Photography)
> S. Bushkova (First Assistant Director)
> A. Nikolayev (Second Assistant Director)
> Viktor Prokhorov (Second Assistant Director)
> S. Kazantsev (Third Assistant Director)
> E. Paramanov (Lighting Director)
> Yuri Mikhailov (Sound Director)
> Sergey Bondarchuk (Writer)
> Mikhail Sholokhov (Novel)
