Description:The film is based on a true story of the 9th company during the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan in the 1980's. Young Soviet Army recruits are sent from a boot camp into the middle of the war in Afghanistan. The action is not like a boot camp at all. It is very bloody and dirty. The 9th company is defending the hill 3234. They are hopelThe film is based on a true story of the 9th company during the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan in the 1980's. Young Soviet Army recruits are sent from a boot camp into the middle of the war in Afghanistan. The action is not like a boot camp at all. It is very bloody and dirty. The 9th company is defending the hill 3234. They are hopelessly calling for help. But help never comes. "This is war, you kill, or get killed", says the 9-th company leader Khohol (Bondarchuk). They believed that they served their country. But two years later that country ceased to exist.... (more)(less)
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A very impressive film regarding the Russian Afghanistan war. It is a cinematic beautiful film while still being tragic and dark.
This is one of the better crafted film regarding that war. However, personally I have now officially seen too many Russian Afghan war films. With the message being pretty clear that you would have to be stupid to go to war against Afghanistan... oh wait... damn...
Don't you hate that history repeats its self and no one seems to learn anything. Stupid history... a"
"29.1 DVD
Rewatch - 4 - 3
Henkilöhahmoista saa aivan hyvin kiinni, meno kovenee loppua kohden ja toteutuksessa on käytetty rahaa, mutta silti tämä on liian perinteinen sotafilmi, ettei erotu mitenkään edukseen. Viihdearvonsa vuoksi tämän pystyy useamminkin katsomaan ja päälle parituntinen menee ihan kivasti."
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"7.4.2011
Blu-ray
Director:
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Writers:
Yuriy Korotkov, Iskander Galiev (co-writer)
Stars:
Artur Smolyaninov, Aleksey Chadov and Konstantin Kryukov
"This is war! They don't put low grades here! They kill!""
SFC31B442S added this to a list 2 years, 3 months ago
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Director: Fyodor Bondarchuk
Writers: Yuriy Korotkov
Cast: Artur Smolyaninov, Aleksey Chadov, Konstantin Kryukov, Ivan Kokorin, Mikhail Evlanov, Artyom Mikhalkov, Soslan Fidarov, Ivan Nikolaev, Mikhail Porechenkov
Tagline: They stood together while their country fell apart
Plot: Young Soviet Army recruits are stuck in the bloody war in Afghanistan, that was started by politicians.
Genre: Action | Drama | History | War
Runtime: 139min
Country: Finland | Russia | Ukraine
Language: Russian
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