Afghan Breakdown (1991)
2h 20m
Running Time
January 1, 1991Release Date
Afghan Breakdown (1991)
2h 20m
Running Time
January 1, 1991Release Date
Plot.
During the main withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a company of hardened paratroopers under the command of Major Bandura are joined by Steklov, the son of a high-ranking officer.
Where to Watch.
No streaming offers found
Cast & Crew.
Michele Placido
Major Mikhail Bandura
Tatyana Dogileva
Katya
Mikhail Zhigalov
Lieutenant Colonel
Aleksey Serebryakov
Arsenyov
Nina Ruslanova
Tanya
Vladimir Bortko
Director
Yuriy Kuznetsov
Shchup
Leonid Bogachuk
Writer
Viktor Proskurin
Simakov
Leonid Kulagin
General
Aleksandr Chervinsky
Writer
Mikhail Leshchinsky
Writer
Khoshim Rakhimov
Gulakhan
Kiem Yakub
Gulakhans Sohn
Ada Petrova
Writer
Artur Uvarov
Ivanov
Alexandr Golutva
Producer
Wali Latifi
Dzheluddin
Alessandro Stefanelli
Seva
Filipp Yankovsky
Nikita Steklov
Nikolay Dik
sergeant
Vyacheslav Yakovlev
soldier
Vladimir Svetozarov
Production Design
Mauro Bonanni
Editor
Lidiya Kryukova
Costume Design
Vladimir Dashkevich
Music
Aleksandr Kapitsa
Producer
Valeriy Fedosov
Director of Photography
Pavel Zasyadko
Director of Photography
Sergei Isavnin
Vladimir Eryomin
Ivan Krasko
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1991
Original NameАфганский излом
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 20m
Genres
Wiki.
Afghan Breakdown (Russian: Афганский излом, translit. Afganskiy Izlom) is a 1991 war drama film about the Soviet–Afghan War directed by Vladimir Bortko and co-produced by Italy and the Soviet Union (Lenfilm). Michele Placido plays the protagonist, Major Bandura, a commander of a unit of Soviet paratroopers, co-starring with several popular Soviet actors.
The movie is still regarded by many movie critics as the best account of the war, despite newer box-office hits such as The 9th Company. Director Vladimir Bortko invited Mikhail Leshchinskiy (a Soviet TV war reporter who worked in Afghanistan for 4.5 years) as a co-writer and visited Kabul and Kandahar in 1988 to research on the ground.