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Leaving Afghanistan

6.6 112 mins Drama   Action   War   2019
Germes Film   Cinema Foundation of Russia   Pavel Lungin Studio  
Director(s): Pavel Lungin

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.

Casts of Leaving Afghanistan

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

Arslan Murzabekov

as Zmaray

Anton Kuznetsov

as Abubakr

Dilovar Nigmatov

as Nadim

Evgeny Zelensky

as Andryukha

John Bakhanbaev

as Turkmen

Parviz Pulodi

as Majed

Ali Mukhammad

as Sardar

Vyacheslav Shikhaleev

as Vasilyev

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