- Afghan Breakdown
Infobox Film
name = Afghan Breakdown
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director =Vladimir Bortko
producer =Aleksandr Golutva
writer =Leonid Bogachuk Aleksandr Chervinsky Mikhail Leshchinsky Ada Petrova
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starring =Michele Placido
music =Vladimir Dashkevich
cinematography =Valeri Fedosov Pavel Zasyadko
editing =Mauro Bonanni
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released = 1990
runtime = 140 mins.
country =Soviet Union Italy
language = Russian, Italian
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amg_id = 1:168406
imdb_id = 0098990"Afghan Breakdown" ("Афганский излом", "Afganskiy Izlom" in Russian) is a 1990
war film about theSoviet war in Afghanistan directed byVladimir Bortko and co-produced byItaly and theSoviet Union (Lenfilm ).The film was the first in-depth war drama on the subject made in the Soviet Union after years of
Soviet propaganda andcensorship .Fact|date=November 2007 It was also the first to talk about how pointless the 9-year occupation of Afghanistan was, the traumatic experiences of the thousands of soldiers and officers, and the atrocities committed by the army.Vladimir Bortko visited
Kabul andKandahar in 1988 to do research on the ground. The movie is still regarded by most veterans as the best account of the war, despite new box-office hits coming out like9th Company .Michele Placido , from the Italianmafia TV series "The Octopus/La Piovra " plays the main hero, Major Bandura, a commander of a unit of Soviet paratroopers.The events unfold just before the start of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan. A son of a high ranking military boss arrives in Afghanistan, hoping to take part in combat and earn some medals before the war ends. This leads to a chain of events and a dramatic finale. Major Bandura, who had a chance to leave for home, decides to stay with his men and take part in another operation in a remote village.
ee also
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The 9th Company
*The Beast (1988 film) External links
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