Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)
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.
- Released
- 2020-02-20
- Genres
- War, History, Drama
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sergei Bodrov, Alexei Borodachyov, Anatoly Usov, Konstantin Buslov
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 414 votes
Cast
- Yura Borisov as Kalashnikov
- Olga Lerman as Katya
- Artur Smolyaninov as Engineer captain Lyutyy
- Eldar Kalimulin as Zaytsev
- Vitaliy Khaev as Major General Kurbatkin
- Valeriy Barinov as Major General Degtyarev
- Anatoliy Lobotskiy as Colonel Glukhov
- Aleksey Vertkov as State security captain Lobov
- Dmitriy Bogdan as Engineer Major Sudaev
- Maksim Bityukov as Kazakov
- Armen Arushanyan as Saakyants
- Valery Afanasyev as Chief artillery marshal Voronov