Kalashnikov AK-47

Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)

Калашников

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.

Date of release
2020-02-20
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (385)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
War, History, Drama
Director
Konstantin Buslov

Casting

  • Yura Borisov — Kalashnikov
  • Olga Lerman — Katya
  • Artur Smolyaninov — Engineer captain Lyutyy
  • Eldar Kalimulin — Zaytsev
  • Vitaliy Khaev — Major General Kurbatkin
  • Valeriy Barinov — Major General Degtyarev
  • Anatoliy Lobotskiy — Colonel Glukhov
  • Aleksey Vertkov — State security captain Lobov
  • Dmitriy Bogdan — Engineer Major Sudaev
  • Maksim Bityukov — Kazakov
  • Armen Arushanyan — Saakyants
  • Valery Afanasyev — Chief artillery marshal Voronov

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