Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)
The weapon that would change the world
- Released
- Runtime 1h 45m
- Director Konstantin Buslov
- Genres Drama History War
- Rating 7.4/10 (378 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Yura Borisov
as Kalashnikov
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Olga Lerman
as Katya
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Artur Smolyaninov
as Engineer captain Lyutyy
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Eldar Kalimulin
as Zaytsev
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Vitaliy Khaev
as Major General Kurbatkin
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Valeriy Barinov
as Major General Degtyarev
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Anatoliy Lobotskiy
as Colonel Glukhov
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Aleksey Vertkov
as State security captain Lobov
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Dmitriy Bogdan
as Engineer Major Sudaev
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Maksim Bityukov
as Kazakov
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Armen Arushanyan
as Saakyants
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Valery Afanasyev
as Chief artillery marshal Voronov
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Sergey Gazarov
as Head of depot Krotov
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Seydulla Moldakhanov
as Lieutenant Colonel Basarov
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Dmitriy Kulichkov
as Major Lebedev
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Igor Khripunov
as Deputy Degtyarev
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Yuriy Loparyov
as Kuzmich
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Aleksandr Nikolskiy
as Uncle Misha
Crew
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Konstantin Buslov
Director
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Levan Kapanadze
Director of Photography
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Maksim Shinkorenko
Director of Photography
- Margarita Smirnova Editor
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Sergey Stern
Original Music Composer
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Konstantin Buslov
Producer
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Sergei Bodrov
Producer
- Alexander Dostal Producer
- Anatoli Usov Screenplay
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Alexey Borodachev
Screenplay
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Sergei Bodrov
Screenplay
