Leaving Afghanistan (
2019) | IMDb:
6.1
1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result the 108th motorized infantry division's long awaited return home gets put on hold for one last mission: bring the General's son back. Based on true events the previously untold story of the courageous and tragic withdrawal campaign (through the Salang pass) reveals the danger the horror and the complexity of human nature during wartime.
Starring:
Kirill Pirogov
,
Yan Tsapnik
,
Vitaly Kishchenko
,
Fyodor Lavrov
,
Oleg Vasilkov
,
Anton Momot
Directed by:
Pavel Lungin
Battle for Sevastopol (
2015) | IMDb:
7
The story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.
Starring:
Yulia Peresild
,
Yevgeni Tsyganov
,
Natella Abeleva-Taganova
,
Nikita Tarasov
,
Joan Blackham
,
Polina Pakhomova
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (
2010) | IMDb:
4.3
Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in the front-lines. His daughter, Nadia, who survived a rape attempt by Nazi soldiers, is now a nurse risking her own life to save others. In the war-torn nation even former enemies are fighting together to defend their land. People stand up united for the sake of victory. Written by Steve Shelokhonov
Starring:
Nikita Mikhalkov
,
Oleg Menshikov
,
Evgeny Mironov
,
Dmitriy Dyuzhev
,
Artur Smolyaninov
,
Andrey Merzlikin
Directed by:
Nikita Mikhalkov
Revenge (
2007) | IMDb:
5.8
When Artem Kolchin, Denis Nikiforov, arrives in the U.S. to fight for the championship, he soon finds himself fighting for his life after he sends a young, aggressive boxer, who provokes him into sparring, into a coma and ultimately killing him. That is when Artem finds out that the young boxer was none other than the only son of Felix Mendez, the powerful Mexican mafia kingpin, played masterfully by Victor Herminio Lopez, and when the real fight begins.
Starring:
Denis Nikiforov
,
Andrei Panin
,
Elena Panova
,
Ivan Makarevich
,
Dmitriy Shevchenko
,
Pavel Derevyanko
Bummer 2 (
2006) | IMDb:
6.1
The film takes place a few years after the events shown in Bummer. Kostyan "Kot", who lost all his friends, the woman he loved and was nearly killed in the first installment of the film tries to begin a new, peaceful life. But is it possible to do? Has Russia changed and do "bratki" on black "bummers" no longer control business? Can he escape his past?