

Kalashnikov AK-47
2020-02-20 · 105 min · ★ 7.5
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Konstantin Buslov
- Production companies
- R.B. Productions, Etalon-Film, Okko
- Countries
- Russia
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 3,500,000
- Revenue
- USD 1,593,464
Top Cast
Yura BorisovKalashnikov
Olga LermanKatya
Artur SmolyaninovEngineer captain Lyutyy
Eldar KalimulinZaytsev
Vitaliy KhaevMajor General Kurbatkin
Valeriy BarinovMajor General Degtyarev
Anatoliy LobotskiyColonel Glukhov
Aleksey VertkovState security captain Lobov
Dmitriy BogdanEngineer Major Sudaev
Maksim BityukovKazakov
Armen ArushanyanSaakyants
Valery AfanasyevChief artillery marshal Voronov
Sergey GazarovHead of depot Krotov
Seydulla MoldakhanovLieutenant Colonel Basarov
Dmitriy KulichkovMajor Lebedev
Igor KhripunovDeputy Degtyarev
Yuriy LoparyovKuzmich
Aleksandr NikolskiyUncle Misha
Mikhail GudoshnikovKravchenko
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