

Kalashnikov AK-47
The weapon that would change the world
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.
Trailer

Actors

Yura Borisov
Kalashnikov

Olga Lerman
Katya

Artur Smolyaninov
Engineer captain Lyutyy

Eldar Kalimulin
Zaytsev

Vitaliy Khaev
Major General Kurbatkin

Valeriy Barinov
Major General Degtyarev

Anatoliy Lobotskiy
Colonel Glukhov

Aleksey Vertkov
State security captain Lobov

Dmitriy Bogdan
Engineer Major Sudaev

Maksim Bityukov
Kazakov

Armen Arushanyan
Saakyants

Valery Afanasyev
Chief artillery marshal Voronov

Sergey Gazarov
Head of depot Krotov

Seydulla Moldakhanov
Lieutenant Colonel Basarov

Dmitriy Kulichkov
Major Lebedev

Igor Khripunov
Deputy Degtyarev

Yuriy Loparyov
Kuzmich

Aleksandr Nikolskiy
Uncle Misha
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