Kalashnikov AK-47
The weapon that would change the world
7.4
381 votes
February 20, 2020
1h 45m
Overview
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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Cast
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
Sergey Gazarov
Head of depot Krotov
Seydulla Moldakhanov
Lieutenant Colonel Basarov
Dmitriy Kulichkov
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