In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Red army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating soviet 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.
Stars
Vasiliy Shukshin
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Sergey Bondarchuk
Georgiy Burkov
Yuriy Nikulin
Ivan Lapikov
Nikolay Gubenko
Andrey Rostotskiy
Sergey Bondarchuk
