Leaving Afghanistan
The war is over. Not their mission.
6.6(94) 2019-05-10 112 minDramaActionWar
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.
DirectorPavel Lungin
ScreenplayPavel Lungin
ProducerPavel Lungin
ProducerEvgeniy Panfilov
ScreenplayAlexandr Lungin
Cast & characters
Kirill Pirogov
as Dmitrich
Yan Tsapnik
as Abdusalamov
Vitaly Kishchenko
as general Vasilyev
Fyodor Lavrov
as Volodya
Oleg Vasilkov
as Kharlamov
Anton Momot
as Greek
Mikhail Kremer
as Dumbbell
Kirill Ermichev
as Melnik
Roman Kolotukhin
as Youngman
Vasiliy Butkevich
as Boot
Arslan Murzabekov
as Zmaray
Anton Kuznetsov
as Abubakr
Dilovar Nigmatov
as Nadim
Evgeny Zelensky
as Andryukha
John Bakhanbaev
as Turkmen
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
as Kiosk
Evgeny Sangadzhiev
as Uzbek
Parviz Pulodi
as Majed
Ali Mukhammad
as Sardar
Radzhabali Khuseynov
as old man
Vyacheslav Shikhaleev
as Vasilyev
