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Leaving Afghanistan (2019)
Directed by Pavel Lungin
“The war is over. Not their mission.”
Drama, Action, War · 1h 52m
1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result the 108th motorized infantry division's long awaited return home gets put on hold for one last mission: bring the General's son back. Based on true events the previously untold story of the courageous and tragic withdrawal campaign (through the Salang pass) reveals the danger the horror and the complexity of human nature during wartime.
Cast
Kirill Pirogov
Yan Tsapnik
Vitaly Kishchenko
Fyodor Lavrov
Oleg Vasilkov
Anton Momot
Mikhail Kremer
Kirill Ermichev
Roman Kolotukhin
Vasiliy Butkevich
Arslan Murzabekov
Anton Kuznetsov
Crew
- Director
- Pavel Lungin
- Screenplay
- Pavel Lungin, Alexandr Lungin
- Director of Photography
- Igor Grinyakin
- Producer
- Pavel Lungin, Evgeniy Panfilov
Details
- Original title
- Братство
- Release date
- 2019-05-10
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama, Action, War
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Russia
- Production
- Germes Film, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Pavel Lungin Studio
- Budget
- $4,302,540
- Box office
- $731,827