Kalashnikov (2020)

Wounded as tank driver in 1941 during WWII, Kalashnikov sees the latest Soviet machine gun fail. As he's also an inventor, he starts looking for improvements and in 1947 ends up with AK-47 assault rifle.

Director:

Konstantin Buslov

Writers:

Sergei Bodrov, Aleksey Borodachyov (with the participation)

Stars:

Yuriy Borisov, Olga Lerman, Artur Smolyaninov

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yuriy Borisov	...	Mikhail Kalashnikov
Olga Lerman	...	Katya
Artur Smolyaninov	...	Captain Lyutyy
Sergey Gazarov	...	Krotov
Vitaliy Khaev	...	Kurbatkin
Anatoliy Lobotskiy	...	Glukhov
Valeriy Barinov	...	Degtyaryov
Valeriy Afanasev	...	Marshal Voronov
Igor Khripunov	...	Degtyaryov's Deputy
Aleksey Vertkov	...	Lobov
Dmitriy Bogdan	...	Sudaev
Dmitriy Kulichkov	...	Major Lebedev
Maksim Bityukov	...	Kazakov
Seydulla Moldakhanov	...	Lieutenant Colonel Basarov
Mikhail Gudoshnikov	...	Zhenya Kravchenko

Storyline

Biographical film about the inventor and designer of small arms Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov. Today it is difficult to find a person who does not know this name. However, not everyone knows what a long and thorny path traveled a self-taught guy to create the legendary AK-47 weapon at the age of 28, which to this day is a symbol of the weapons thought of our time.

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Plot Keywords:

inventor | ak 47 | metalwork | great patriotic war | soviet military | 

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Genres:

Biography | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Unlike that which is shown in the movie, the AK-47 on full automatic fire has a recoil that makes it move up and to the right. Without a left hand placed on top to hold it in place, it will move up and to the right making it less than accurate in combat battle. But the weapon is not designed that way... As a semi-auto, provides great accuracy of over 800 meters, but on full auto, the accuracy diminishes because of the recoil on full auto. Only a skilled gun men can combat that defect without placing a hand on top.. It has been often said of Australian Vietnam Veterans... "which is worse, being hit with one AK47 round of the 30 fired, or being hit 11 times of the 15 SLR rounds fired?".

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Goofs

While it is true that in the contest there were three finalists for new guns but in real life nobody of them won. They were all sent back for a rework. And only after a while it was agreed for Kalshnikov to finish his work.

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Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Yury Borisov/Netta (2020)

User Reviews

well worth a view

Its a russian production, and its russian patriotism and agenda, so swallow that pill and hide it in your bile gland, and take part in this neatly made story about mr.khalashnikov, born and raised in kazakhstan, with bloodline to turkmenistan, famous through history for his inventions, mostly weaponry, with semi and full automatic rifles and machineguns giving him most fame.

its also a lovestory, very cliched, and its a humble comedy to those who can take a russian joke for what it is. the cast and especially the main male does a great apperance, but the the whole cast delivers. if you like old locomotives and historic railways, this is like winning the lottery, so great production management and hoice of location.

its a fair biographical drama, with the ideological humps in the road for us living under the nato umprella the last 70 years, ive never held an ak-47, and will probably not, but they say it works like a tank, sturdy and polite. so if you will have a primetime candy then the grumpy old man recommends

Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

20 February 2020 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Kalashnikov

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,593,464

Company Credits

Production Co:

RB Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color