Directed by:
Павел ЛунгинCinematography:
Igor GrinyakinCast:
Кирилл Пирогов, Yan Tsapnik, Vitaliy Kishchenko, Fyodor Lavrov, Олег Васильков, Антон Момот, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vasiliy Butkevich, Anton Kuznetsov (more)Plots(1)
It is 1989. The nine-year-long Soviet-Afghan war is almost over. The Soviet Union begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. A Soviet pilot gets captured by the mujahideen after his airplane crashes. It turns out he is General Vasilev’s son. As a result, the 108th motorized infantry division's return home gets put on hold for one last mission: bringing the general's son back. “My film is about down-to-earth patriotism, about the senselessness and cruelty of every war. And, as always, I show not one but several points of view. Some of my heroes say you have to go on bombing, you have to fight. But there are also those who say you should withdraw”, says Lungin. Based on true events, this is a story about the complexity of human nature during wartime. The film caused a lot of controversy in Russia. (Warsaw Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Кирилл Пирогов
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
Azazel (2002) (TV movie)
Yan Tsapnik
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Friday (2016)
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance (2018)
Gogol. Viy (2018) (TV movie)
Vitaliy Kishchenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Kamennaya bashka (2008)
The Banishment (2007)
Žila-byla odna baba (2011)
Fyodor Lavrov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Po shchuchyemu veleniyu (2023)
Demons (2014) (series)
Father and Son (2003)
Олег Васильков
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Demons (2014) (series)
Brother II (2000)
Battle for Sevastopol (2015)
Антон Момот
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Kuchňa v Pariže (2014)
Gogol: The Beginning (2017) (TV movie)
Soyuz spaseniya (2019)
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Into the West (2005) (series)
Demolition Man (1993)
Leaving Afghanistan (2019)
Vasiliy Butkevich
Best movies:
Rag Union (2015)
Leaving Afghanistan (2019)
Anton Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Duelist (2016)
Leaving Afghanistan (2019)
Russia 88 (2009)
Evgeniy Sangadzhiev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Fortress of War (2010)
Soulless (2012)
Leaving Afghanistan (2019)
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Ukraine
Родион Толоконников
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Sunstroke (2014)
Leaving Afghanistan (2019)
The White Tiger (2012)
Mikhail Kremer
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Leaving Afghanistan (2019)
Viking (2016)