They Were Fighting for Homeland. 1 episode / Они сражались за родину. 1 серия

Based on the novel by Mikhail Sholokhov. The film takes place in July 1942. On the outskirts of Stalingrad bloodless and exhausted Soviet troops are carrying out heavy defensive battles, suffering enormous losses. A small unit under the command of Captain Sumskova received orders to fire at еру enemy aircraft and artillery to allow the Soviet troops to cross over the Don river. Four days stood the soldiers Streltsov, Lopakhin and Zvyagintsev — people of peaceful occupations who were forced by wa...развернуть описание