Afghan Breakdown
Afghan Breakdown (Russian: Афганский излом, translit. Afganskiy Izlom) is a 1991 war drama film about the Soviet–Afghan War directed by Vladimir Bortko and co-produced by Italy and the Soviet Union (Lenfilm). Michele Placido plays the protagonist, Major Bandura, a commander of a unit of Soviet paratroopers, co-starring with several popular Soviet actors.
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| Directed by | Vladimir Bortko |
| Written by | Leonid Bogachuk Aleksandr Chervinsky Mikhail Leshchinskiy Ada Petrova |
| Produced by | Aleksandr Golutva |
| Starring | Michele Placido (Russian voice by Oleg Yankovsky) Mikhail Zhygalov Aleksei Serebryakov Yuri Kuznetsov Tatyana Dogileva Vladimir Yeryomin Slava N. Jakovleff |
| Cinematography | Valeri Fedosov Pavel Zasyadko |
| Edited by | Mauro Bonanni |
| Music by | Vladimir Dashkevich |
Production company | Lenfilm |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Countries | Soviet Union Italy |
| Languages | Russian, Italian |
The movie is still regarded by many movie critics as the best account of the war, despite newer box-office hits such as The 9th Company. Director Vladimir Bortko invited Mikhail Leshchinskiy (a Soviet TV war reporter who worked in Afghanistan for 4.5 years) as a co-writer and visited Kabul and Kandahar in 1988 to research on the ground.
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