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Kandahar

A docudrama about the escape of Russian pilots after being taken hostage by the Taliban in 1996.

Top Cast

  • Bohdan Beniuk

    Bohdan Beniuk

    Бортинженер

  • Aleksandr Baluev

    Aleksandr Baluev

  • Vladimir Mashkov

    Vladimir Mashkov

    Второй пилот

  • Andrei Panin

    Andrei Panin

    Штурман

  • Maksim Klyanov

    Maksim Klyanov

  • Aleksandr Golubev

    Aleksandr Golubev

  • Aleksandr Robak

    Aleksandr Robak

  • Imomberdy Mingbaev

    Imomberdy Mingbaev

  • Ramil Sabitov

    Ramil Sabitov

Overview

A docudrama about the escape of Russian pilots after being taken hostage by the Taliban in 1996.

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