They Fought for Their Country (Oni srazhalis za Rodinu)
|
DVD cover
|
Country
|
USSR
|
Directed by
|
Sergey Bondarchuk
|
Release Date
|
1975
|
Language
|
Russian
|
Studio
|
Mosfilm
|
Distributor
|
RUSCICO
|
|
|
They Fought for Their Country (Russian Title: Oni srazhalis za Rodinu/Они сражались за Родину) is a 1975 World War II drama directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. The film tells about the heavy defensive battles on the approaches to Stalingrad in July 1942, about heroism and sacrifice of ordinary soldiers.
The following weapons are featured in the film They Fought for Their Country:
Pistol
Tokarev TT-33
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Seriously wounded Russian officer tries to go on the attack with his
Tokarev TT
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Russian soldier with his
PPSh-41 submachine gun
Confused Russian soldier fires at German troops
Closeup of PPSh-41 with the 71-rounds drum magazine
MP40
MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
German soldier tries to reload his
MP40 submachine gun during the melee
Rifles
Mosin Nagant Rifle
Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R
Assault rifles
Sturmgewehr 44
The few German soldiers can be seen with the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles. Those rifles were not in service in the German army in 1942.
Machine Guns
Degtyaryov DP-27
DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R
Maxim M1910/30
Maxim 1910/30 with wheel mount and shield - 7.62x54R
Russian soldier carries
Maxim machine gun
Russian soldiers fire Maxim M1910/30 at enemies. This machine gun has the large filler cap on the top of the water jacket
37-mm M1939 (61-K)
37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37×252SR
Hand Grenades
F-1 Hand Grenade
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
Undefined anti-tank grenade
Russian soldier used anti-tank grenade to destroy a German tank
Anti-tank rifles
PTRS-41
The PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle is used by Russian forces. They are never shown being fired.
PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm
PTRD-41
PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm
Russian soldier takes aim his
PTRD-41 AT rifle at German tanks
Russian soldier fires PTRD-41
The cartridge box with 14.5x114mm cartridges
Other
Molotov Cocktail
Russian soldier prepares to use the Molotov cocktail
The same soldier few seconds later
The Molotov cocktail bottle lying on the ground
45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)
M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in)
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm
Russian gunners firing ZiS-3 at the German tanks
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)
Closeup of Russian 122 mm howitzer M1938
Fake German tanks
The fake German tank was built on the Soviet T-34-85 tank chassis.
The fake German tank was built on the Soviet T-54/55 tank chassis
Soviet T-54/55 tank mocked-up to look like a German tank
Trivia
Original cinema poster for
They Fought for Their Country (Oni srazhalis za Rodinu) (1975).