Kalashnikov AK-47

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.

• Sergei BodrovScreenplay
• Anatoli UsovScreenplay
• Alexey BorodachevScreenplay
• Konstantin BuslovDirector
• Sergey SternOriginal Music Composer

• Yura BorisovKalashnikov
• Olga LermanKatya
• Artur SmolyaninovEngineer captain Lyutyy
• Eldar KalimulinZaytsev
• Vitaliy KhaevMajor General Kurbatkin
• Valeriy BarinovMajor General Degtyarev
• Anatoliy LobotskiyColonel Glukhov
• Aleksey VertkovState security captain Lobov
• Dmitriy BogdanEngineer Major Sudaev
• Maksim BityukovKazakov
• Armen ArushanyanSaakyants
• Valery AfanasyevChief artillery marshal Voronov