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Leaving Afghanistan

Name: Leaving Afghanistan
Director: Pavel Lungin
Genre: Drama, Action, War
Released: 2019
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Kirill Pirogov, Yan Tsapnik, Vitaly Kishchenko, Fyodor Lavrov, Oleg Vasilkov

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.

2019 · Directed by Pavel Lungin · 112 min · Drama · Action · War · 10 frames

Tagline

The war is over. Not their mission.

Crew

Screenplay: Pavel Lungin, Alexandr Lungin
Cinematography: Igor Grinyakin
Production design: Sergey Fevralev
Produced by: Pavel Lungin, Evgeniy Panfilov

Cast

Kirill Pirogov as Dmitrich
Yan Tsapnik as Abdusalamov
Vitaly Kishchenko as general Vasilyev
Fyodor Lavrov as Volodya
Oleg Vasilkov as Kharlamov
Anton Momot as Greek
Mikhail Kremer as Dumbbell
Kirill Ermichev as Melnik
Roman Kolotukhin as Youngman
Vasiliy Butkevich as Boot

Production

Country: Russia
Language: Russian
Studios: Germes Film, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Pavel Lungin Studio
Budget: $4,302,540
Box office: $731,827
Themes: kidnapping, afghanistan, mujahid, afghan-soviet war (1979-89), 1980s

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