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Leaving Afghanistan
The war is over. Not their mission.
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.
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Cast
Kirill PirogovDmitrich
Yan TsapnikAbdusalamov
Vitaly Kishchenkogeneral Vasilyev
Fyodor LavrovVolodya
Oleg VasilkovKharlamov
Anton MomotGreek
Mikhail KremerDumbbell
Kirill ErmichevMelnikCredits
- Directed by
- Pavel Lungin
- Written by
- Pavel Lungin, Alexandr Lungin
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Russian
- Original title
- Братство
- Budget
- $4.3M
- Box office
- $731.8K
Production
- Germes FilmRussia
Cinema Foundation of RussiaRussia- Pavel Lungin StudioRussia
