Leaving Afghanistan
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Fyodor Lavrov · Mikhail Kremer · Alexandr Lungin · Vitaly Kishchenko · Roman Kolotukhin · Pavel Lungin · Yan Tsapnik · Anton Momot · Oleg Vasilkov · Kirill Ermichev · Kirill Pirogov · Vasiliy Butkevich
Studios & networks
Cinema Foundation of Russia · Germes Film · Pavel Lungin Studio