Overview - Kalashnikov AK-47

Overview

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.

Cast

• Name: Yura Borisov

  Character: Kalashnikov

  Popularity: 1.8546

  

• Name: Olga Lerman

  Character: Katya

  Popularity: 0.9419

  

• Name: Artur Smolyaninov

  Character: Engineer captain Lyutyy

  Popularity: 0.948

  

• Name: Eldar Kalimulin

  Character: Zaytsev

  Popularity: 0.6303

  

• Name: Vitaliy Khaev

  Character: Major General Kurbatkin

  Popularity: 0.7254

  

• Name: Valeriy Barinov

  Character: Major General Degtyarev

  Popularity: 0.7541

  

• Name: Anatoliy Lobotskiy

  Character: Colonel Glukhov

  Popularity: 0.2187

  

• Name: Aleksey Vertkov

  Character: State security captain Lobov

  Popularity: 0.6399