Kalashnikov AK-47
Synopsis
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.
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📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× its budget
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$1.6M
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Cast & Crew
29 unique people credited
Top billed 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
Valeriy Barinov
as Major General Degtyarev
Anatoliy Lobotskiy
as Colonel Glukhov
Aleksey Vertkov
as State security captain Lobov
Dmitriy Bogdan
as Engineer Major Sudaev
Maksim Bityukov
as Kazakov
Armen Arushanyan
as Saakyants
Valery Afanasyev
as Chief artillery marshal Voronov
Supporting cast
17Sergey Gazarov
as Head of depot Krotov
Seydulla Moldakhanov
as Lieutenant Colonel Basarov
Dmitriy Kulichkov
as Major Lebedev
Igor Khripunov
as Deputy Degtyarev
Yuriy Loparyov
as Kuzmich
Aleksandr Nikolskiy
as Uncle Misha
Mikhail Gudoshnikov
as Kravchenko
Evgeny Antropov
as Lieutenant in Alma-Ata
Amadu Mamadakov
as Guard in Alma-Ata
Yevgeniy Kartashov
as Officer in Golutwin
Arkady Timofeev
as Wounded soldier
Igor Kulachko
as Captain
Vladimir Maslakov
as Bezrukiy
Elena Morozova
as Katya's mother
Alexander Lymarev
as Officer
Yakov Shamshin
as Vitya
Saveliy Kudryashov
as Young Misha Kalashnikov
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