Leaving Afghanistan

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2019-05-10

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.

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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.

Released

2019-05-10

Runtime

112

Director

Pavel Lungin

Budget

$4302540

Revenue

$731827

Genres

Drama

Action

War

Language

Pусский

Production

Germes Film

Cinema Foundation of Russia

Pavel Lungin Studio

Leaving Afghanistan

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Kirill Pirogov

Yan Tsapnik

Vitaly Kishchenko

Fyodor Lavrov

Oleg Vasilkov

Anton Momot

Mikhail Kremer

Kirill Ermichev

Roman Kolotukhin

Vasiliy Butkevich

Arslan Murzabekov

Anton Kuznetsov

Dilovar Nigmatov

Evgeny Zelensky

John Bakhanbaev

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Evgeny Sangadzhiev

Parviz Pulodi

Ali Mukhammad

Radzhabali Khuseynov

Vyacheslav Shikhaleev