
Leaving Afghanistan
Film2019112 min6.6/10 on TMDB
Directed by Pavel Lungin
The war is over. Not their mission.
The story
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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Kirill PirogovDmitrich
Yan TsapnikAbdusalamov
Vitaly Kishchenkogeneral Vasilyev
Fyodor LavrovVolodya
Oleg VasilkovKharlamov
Anton MomotGreek
Mikhail KremerDumbbell
Kirill ErmichevMelnik
Roman KolotukhinYoungman
Arslan MurzabekovZmaray
Anton KuznetsovAbubakrExplore the crew
- Director
- Pavel Lungin
- Screenplay
- Pavel Lungin
- Producer
- Pavel Lungin
- Producer
- Evgeniy Panfilov
- Director of Photography
- Igor Grinyakin
- Screenplay
- Alexandr Lungin

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