Released:
2020-02-20

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.

Director:
Konstantin Buslov

Runtime:
1h 45min

Genre:
War, History, Drama

• 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