Kalashnikov AK-47
The weapon that would change the world
February 20, 2020
105 min
RU
✓ Released 2458 days ago
War
History
Drama
7.6
User Score
420 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Konstantin Buslov
Runtime: 105 min
Budget: $3,500,000
Revenue: $1,593,464
Top Cast
Yura Borisov
Kalashnikov
Olga Lerman
Katya
Artur Smolyaninov
Engineer captain Lyutyy
Eldar Kalimulin
Zaytsev
Vitaly Khaev
Major General Kurbatkin
Valeriy Barinov
Major General Degtyarev
Anatoliy Lobotskiy
Colonel Glukhov
Aleksey Vertkov
State security captain Lobov
