9th Company (2005)
"9 rota" (original title)

Young Soviet Army recruits are stuck in the bloody war in Afghanistan, that was started by politicians.

Director:

Fedor Bondarchuk

Writers:

Iskander Galiev, Yuriy Korotkov

Stars:

Artur Smolyaninov, Aleksey Chadov, Konstantin Kryukov

8 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Artur Smolyaninov	...	Lyutyy
Aleksey Chadov	...	Vorobey
Konstantin Kryukov	...	Dzhokonda
Ivan Kokorin	...	Chugun
Mikhail Evlanov	...	Ryaba
Artyom Mikhalkov	...	Stas
Soslan Fidarov	...	Pinochet
Ivan Nikolaev	...	Seryy
Mikhail Porechenkov	...	Dygalo
Fedor Bondarchuk	...	Khokhol (as Fyodor Bondarchuk)
Dmitriy Mukhamadeev	...	Afanasiy
Irina Rakhmanova	...	Belosnezhka
Amadu Mamadakov	...	Kurbashi
Aleksandr Shein	...	Patefon (as Aleksandr Sheyn)
Aleksey Kravchenko	...	Kapitan Bystrov

Storyline

The film is based on a true story of the 9th company during the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan in the 1980's. Young Soviet Army recruits are sent from a boot camp into the middle of the war in Afghanistan. The action is not like a boot camp at all. It is very bloody and dirty. The 9th company is defending the hill 3234. They are hopelessly calling for help.

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Plot Keywords:

afghanistan | boot camp | soviet army | army | 1980s | 

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Taglines:

They Wanted To Be Loved

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Genres:

Action | Drama | History | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sequences of strong bloody warfare, pervasive language, some sexuality/nudity and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [ru]

Country:

Finland Russia Ukraine

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

29 September 2005 (Russia)

Also Known As:

9th Company

Filming Locations:

Crimea, Ukraine

Box Office

Budget:

$9,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Art Pictures Group, Channel 1+1, Finnish Film Foundation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

139 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In reality, only 6 of 39 soviet soldiers from the 9th company were killed on hill 3234. There were over 200 dead on the opposite side.

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Quotes

[from trailer]
Hohol: This is war! They don't put low grades here! They kill!

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Connections

References Full Metal Jacket (1987)

User Reviews

Beautiful

The poster of this movie is not the most attractive, unfortunately, but everything else that's beyond that, exceeds the expectations to a Russian movie.

"9th company is a film about war cruelty, inhuman cross crippling the heroes' lives, about honour and duty, sufferings and friendship, about life that is one for all and death that is different for everyone."

9th company truly shows the beauty, the reality and the uselessness of such wars against locals. Now, 20 years after, the equipment has developed, all in all, it still gives an impression of the actions against the Iraq.

The characters were colorful and well picked, although some of them still looked too similar to me for messing them up.

The movie is high quality, with well mastered sound and Russian spirit in it, but vastly dramatic and definitely not a typical American movie with a happy end. It is a great example of human values and motivates to think about "What matters most".