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Kalashnikov AK-47

"The weapon that would change the world"

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

Top Cast

  • Yura Borisov

    Yura Borisov

    Kalashnikov

  • Olga Lerman

    Olga Lerman

    Katya

  • Artur Smolyaninov

    Artur Smolyaninov

    Engineer captain Lyutyy

  • Eldar Kalimulin

    Eldar Kalimulin

    Zaytsev

  • Vitaliy Khaev

    Vitaliy Khaev

    Major General Kurbatkin

  • Valeriy Barinov

    Valeriy Barinov

    Major General Degtyarev

  • Anatoliy Lobotskiy

    Anatoliy Lobotskiy

    Colonel Glukhov

  • Aleksey Vertkov

    Aleksey Vertkov

    State security captain Lobov

  • Dmitriy Bogdan

    Dmitriy Bogdan

    Engineer Major Sudaev

Overview

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

Rating

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