Kalashnikov AK-47 backdrop

Kalashnikov AK-47 2020 Directed by Konstantin Buslov Калашников

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.

Country Russia
Production Country Russia
Language Russian
Spoken Languages Italian , Russian
Gneres Drama , History , War
Production Companies Etalon-Film , R.B. Productions
Budget $3,500,000
Revenue $1,593,464
Release Date 20 February 2020
105 mins
Cast
Yura Borisov Kalashnikov
Artur Smolyaninov Engineer captain Lyutyy
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
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
Evgeny Antropov Lieutenant in Alma-Ata
Amadu Mamadakov Guard in Alma-Ata
Yevgeniy Kartashov Officer in Golutwin
Arkady Timofeev Wounded soldier
Elena Morozova Katya's mother
Saveliy Kudryashov Young Misha Kalashnikov